MNSA

Mental toughness!!
Great quotes to remind you!!

Legendary Football Coach Nick Saban said, "Average players want to be left alone. Good players want to be coached. Great players want to be told the truth."

Business Consultant Craig Valine, stated this very succinctly:
“Same thing can be said about business owners.

Occasionally, I get some feedback that I'm being too straightforward with people in regard to their businesses.

• Some business owners don't want to hear the truth about the fact that what they're doing “might” not be the most effective, efficient or profitable way to do things.

• Some business owners don't want to hear the truth about HOW they are investing their time & money.

• Some business owners don't want to hear the truth about how much more profitable their business can become once they take the blinders off and accept that there are new and better ways to grow.

On the other hand ...

There are many people who DO want to hear the straight truth about how they can improve their marketing systems so that they make more money, make a bigger impact, and do it all without sacrificing all of their free time.

These are the fantastic people I love to work with and help.

• People who are serious about making a difference...not merely "doing the thing."

• People who know that money is NOT evil and that making a whole bunch of it, simply allows you to impact more people and live the life you deserve to live.

• People who know that the very best investment they can ever make in their business... is an investment in themselves - surrounding themselves with other success-minded, ambitious, driven people. Making them the very best versions of themselves that they can be.”

If you are one of these people, you might like to talk to me.

Google can give you 100,000 answers. It has no idea what is the right question to ask. Experience, intelligence, and 10,000 "failures and problems" inform you on asking better questions. The 100,000 answers just delude you into thinking you know something.

This week, I was involved in a compensation issue (once again) about compensation (hourly rates, bonuses, etc.) and motivation. It was very difficult to explain that people are motivated best by recognition and personal achievement. Of course, the money is nice, but recognition and achievement are so much more impressionable and long lasting, if not permanent. And, lo and behold, I came across this recent results of a study in my inbox.

Top 5 motivating factors for workers [2018]

The report, called The 7 Key Trends Impacting Today's Workplace, looked at things like employee engagement, retention, and organizational culture. According to the data, these were the top 5 motivating factors for workers, employees and contractors:

1. Camaraderie and peer motivation (20%) [achievement and recognition]
2. Intrinsic desire to do a good job (17%) [achievement]
3. Feeling encouraged and recognized (13%) [recognition]
4. Having a real impact (10%) [achievement and contribution]
5. Growing professionally (8%) [achievement]

Every one of these is about achievement and recognition !! Do you think that we should invest differently when "rewarding" our employees and contractors?