Thursday, March 21, 2013
Uncertainty Makes Abundance Possible
"Uncertainty makes abundance possible." - Raj Gavurla
Uncertainty
Each day there is uncertainty. Entrepreneurialism in the traditional or corporate sense thrives on this because it's a necessary condition to raise the bar (better results). By doing so the rewards are greater. Buyers buy and investors invest in your services and products. A better mindset has this characteristic.
Then it's a matter of :
1. Marketing and selling it
2. Communication
3. Execution
3. Execution
We are in uncertain times. This means there is an abundant playing field to come up with an entrepreneurial shift to make a significant difference for clients and prospects.
Labels: entrepreneurship, intrapreneurship, mindset, mood, motivation
Monday, March 11, 2013
Execute Entrepreneurially In All Aspects of Life
"Execute entrepreneurially in all aspects of life." - Raj
Gavurla
Why? Because if you don't every aspect of your
life is stagnant or declines. I know you don't want that.
I'm not so unbearable to ask: Do you want that?
Of course you don't.
So today take a couple of minutes to think about is
your business (work), sports, and life producing "in the zone" (better results than before that feel effortless).
If not, you need entrepreneurial thinking tools to apply towards all aspects of your life. By having the tools and knowing when and how to apply them you
experience confidence in your ability to perform.
For example, you've gotten stuck or reached a point
of diminishing return. Take 10 seconds to think what's keeping you from performing or a higher return? You
identified the need. Then pick:
1. Do it (you already know what to do) just
mentally stuck in thinking
2. Go get it
(you need to get the tool (knowledge), person (relationship), product, or service)
This will get you better results than before to
experience confidence and perform. Apply it to all aspects of your
life.
Labels: entrepreneurship, intrapreneurship, mindset, mood, motivation
Friday, February 08, 2013
The Good News About Consistently Being In The Zone
"Get In The Zone More Often." - Raj Gavurla
1. Nutrition
2. Health
5. Exercise
The Good News About Consistently Being In The
Zone
1. Nutrition
What you eat really makes a huge difference in all aspects of your life.
Eat right to raise the bar in work, athletics, and free time with family and friends. Put together your nutrition
plan.
Here's mine:
I drink water, decaf tea, milk, decaf coffee. I don't drink caffeine. I
drink decaf. I don't eat refined sugar including artificial sweetners. I eat fruit. I don't drink alcohol. I eat well (a variety of
foods). An entrepreneurial idea is to make me a new drink I can drink. 2. Health
If needed, take treatments and supplements as needed.
3. Spiritual
Read a chapter from a spiritual book to inspire your soul.
4. Work
Produces endorphins like exercise does.
5. Exercise
Do a variety to keep it interesting and fun. Know what to do to avoid
injury, pain, and boredom.
6. Spend time with family and friends
It's rejuvenating to socialize.
It's rejuvenating to socialize.
7. Meditation
Clears your mindset and unclutters your thinking to progress and achieve
goals
8. Listen to something motivational
It will stimulate you and get rid of negativity.
9. Downtime for relaxation
There are a variety. A simple example is to sit on the deck at night and
feel the cool breeze.
10. Prayer
Gives hope and makes the world a better place to live
11. Sleep
Allows your body to rest, heal, and be your best tomorrow.
Here's the great news! Although implementing and doing each of the
above increases your ability to perform "In The Zone", you feel it! You can be "In The Zone" now without doing each one. Get "In The Zone". You feel it! You're "In The Zone!"
Labels: business, entrepreneurship, in the zone, intrapreneurship, life, mindset, mood, motivation, productivity, sports
Thursday, January 31, 2013
In The Zone
"The zone is when everything is in
slow motion although it's really at full speed and feels
effortless."
- Raj Gavurla
In The Zone
It's the end of January. Have you stuck with your new year's resolutions?
If yes, congratulations! If no, here are two simple tips to help you make progress.
1. Use Emotional Logic
Many people want to lose weight in a healthy way. They get a nutritionist
and exercise plan. People have problems staying motivated and inspired because the results aren't coming as fast as
they want. To keep you motivated and inspired use emotional logic to get you eating right and exercising. See, what's
keeping you from your goal is logic (i.e. "I can skip a day." "I'm in my comfort zone." "It's useless." "This is the way I am.").
Therefore, instead of relying on logical emotion use emotional logic. Start with emotion to trigger your logic to get started. Then, use logical
emotion.
2. Use Logical Emotion
After getting started with emotional logic, use logical emotion to navigate
your way through your eating and exercise plan. Therefore, if you're running on the treadmill and feel yourself sluggishly
making progress use logic (i.e. "Pick up the pace." "See a positive image and replicate it" "Run harder".
Revert between Emotional Logic and Logical Emotion as needed. Soon, you'll
be "In The Zone". Everything is in slow motion although at full speed and effortless. It feels like nirvana. This is where you want to be.
Comment on the times you've been "In The Zone". Think of a work and sports example.
Labels: emotional logic, in the zone, logical emotion, mindset, mood, motivation
Saturday, December 22, 2012
Self-Think vs. Self-Talk
"Motivate and inspire your team's passion to take action to produce better results." - Raj Gavurla
Did you know there's a difference between self-think and self-talk?
Self-think is simply what you think as you do something. Self-talk is what you say verbally to yourself.
You've been in situations
with a client, teammate, or when on your own something is said. It's essential to know is it being said to motivate themself,
are saying it to inform you, want a reply from you, or unfortunately trying to trick you. After quickly determining this by using self-think,
you know how to react. Be conscious of this and you'll see your ability to make progress increase. I encourage you to get in the zone,
don't let someone get you out of the zone, and get who you're talking with "in the zone."
You'll make much greater strides. It's a simplified approach which produces better results, moods, money, and a better life. Remember the difference between self-think and self-talk.
You'll make much greater strides. It's a simplified approach which produces better results, moods, money, and a better life. Remember the difference between self-think and self-talk.
Labels: in the zone, mindset, mood, motivation, performance, self-talk, self-think
Tuesday, November 20, 2012
When It's Time
Happy Holidays To You and Your Family!
- Raj Gavurla
When It's Time
The holiday season is upon us. We celebrate specific holidays yearly when it's time. It reminds me of the time I met Dekembe Mutombo at the gym and asked him to play basketball. In his deep voice he said, "When it's time to play basketball, I play basketball." Well, "it's time" to celebrate the holiday season. Have fun with family and friends this Thanksgiving Holiday!
Labels: basketball, dekembe mutombo, family, friends, holidays, in the zone, mindset, mood, motivation, performance, timing
Thursday, October 04, 2012
Interact To Have Confidence and Boost Self Esteem
"Interact to have confidence and boost self esteem." - Raj Gavurla
Interact To Have Confidence and Boost Self Esteem
We have conversations throughout the day whether in person or by phone. By interacting (engaging) in the conversation better outcomes come about. Our synapses can make better connections by interacting. Without engaging in interaction our synapses do not know how to connect. Therefore, this creates confusion.
Examples
Ex: 1 You're at work and someone comes up to you and asks where is he.
Interact: Ask, who is he?
Result: Clarity first to respond with the answer
Ex. 2: A client asks a question and before you can answer they make a "sound" and walk away.
Interact: Since they are the client and although that shouldn't happen, catch up to them and answer their question and ask them why they made a "sound" and walked away without giving you a chance to answer.
Result: Better client interaction to keep the communication effective to work towards the common goal.
Ex: 3: Someone says to you you think that's good.
Interact: If you don't think it's good tell them so, instead of thinking they know it's not good.
Result: You're not letting someone push something on you. This creates value because we can work together to agree upon what is good.
Ex. 4: A colleague tells you to look at a chart to fill in the item.
Interact: You immediately do so because it makes sense. If it doesn't make sense, ask why look at the chart to fill in the item.
Result: The item is filled right.
Ex: 5: Your boss tells you to do something
Interact: You immediately do so because you work for them.
Result: Accomplishment
Ex 6: Someone you know asks do you want to be friends.
Interact: Instead of thinking to yourself I thought we already are friends. Say to them I thought we already are friends.
Result: Gain clarity
Ex. 7: Someone asks you an off the wall question or makes an off the wall comment that has nothing to do with what is being discussed or done.
Interact: Tell them to stay on track or ask where did you get that from.
Result: Make progress
This happens during conversations because mindsets and moods vary. By interacting you can gain clarity to produce better results. By us doing so we have confidence in each other and boost self esteem because synapses make connections instead of dangling.
Labels: confidence, in the zone, interaction, mindset, mood, motivation, performance, self esteem
Wednesday, August 01, 2012
Increase Performance
"Be the first to believe in anything great." - Raj Gavurla
The 30th Olympics in London has the world's best athletes going for the gold. We can look at past results and times so shouldn't we already know who will win. Similar to business each athlete wants to increase performance to win. That's what they've been working on mentally and physically. So, what are you doing to increase performance for prospects to select you?
Although Michael Phelps won eight gold medals at the Beijing Olympics making him the star of the Olympics, he still had the "in the zone" mentality to increase performance. How? He won 22 medals breaking the record of former Soviet gymnast, Larisa Latynina's (18 medals), record. Some athletes won their first medal and some made it to the Olympics another time or for the first time. The point is to increase performance. It makes sense. Be the first to believe in anything great.
Labels: believe, in the zone, michael phelps, mindset, mood, motivation, olympics, performance
Monday, March 19, 2012
Have A Great Time Excelling On The Job and In Sports
Statistics show the majority of people aren’t enthralled with their work. Interpreting the statistics meaning forces me to come to the conclusion it’s difficult for them to have a great time because instead of excelling they reached a plateau which causes static thinking, worry, stress, or tiredness. One way to break anhedonia is by applying the following peak performance structure to improve your mindset, mood, and motivation.
Home Routine
What are the daily prep items? These items get you to the job or field with the right mindset. For example, take a shower and shave, eat breakfast, have my gear (clothing and shoes) ready the night before, if you have children send them off to school, if you’re married tell your spouse when you expect to be home and talk about evening plans. Modify the list to your liking. Why do this? So you aren’t scrambling looking for your jacket or tennis racquet at the last minute instead you’re heading to work or the court in the right frame of mind.
What are the daily prep items? These items get you to the job or field with the right mindset. For example, take a shower and shave, eat breakfast, have my gear (clothing and shoes) ready the night before, if you have children send them off to school, if you’re married tell your spouse when you expect to be home and talk about evening plans. Modify the list to your liking. Why do this? So you aren’t scrambling looking for your jacket or tennis racquet at the last minute instead you’re heading to work or the court in the right frame of mind.
Pre-game Routine
Once at work have a set routine to get you settled down. This should take approximately 15 to 20 minutes. Make sure to talk with people about whatever they want to talk about. Examples are “I get a safe driver discount”, “My child made the honor roll so I get a discount”, “my child is having trouble with school”, “my daughter is pregnant and not married”, “what did you think of the game last night?”. Although we separate work from our home life, we are social beings and interaction plays an important part in people knowing you and being a part of the workplace. Sure, you may say my routine is to get the most done in the morning and when most of the people are at the water cooler I’m getting it done. Guess what? Get in earlier or take a break and get to the place people are talking (marketing 101). Otherwise, when you head to the cooler at your time there’s no one there. Yikes! It will make work a lot more meaningful and friendly. Then, get a cup of coffee and check the news, plan your day or whatever else you like to do in the morning. Depending on your sport, instead of grabbing coffee, take two sets of five shots right handed from the right block, mid lane, and left block and then two sets of five shots left handed from the right block, mid lane, and left block, 25 free throws right handed, 25 free throws left handed, and two sets of two three pointers right handed and left handed from five spots. Make up your mind you’ll be there for the entire time. Now you’re settled down.
Once at work have a set routine to get you settled down. This should take approximately 15 to 20 minutes. Make sure to talk with people about whatever they want to talk about. Examples are “I get a safe driver discount”, “My child made the honor roll so I get a discount”, “my child is having trouble with school”, “my daughter is pregnant and not married”, “what did you think of the game last night?”. Although we separate work from our home life, we are social beings and interaction plays an important part in people knowing you and being a part of the workplace. Sure, you may say my routine is to get the most done in the morning and when most of the people are at the water cooler I’m getting it done. Guess what? Get in earlier or take a break and get to the place people are talking (marketing 101). Otherwise, when you head to the cooler at your time there’s no one there. Yikes! It will make work a lot more meaningful and friendly. Then, get a cup of coffee and check the news, plan your day or whatever else you like to do in the morning. Depending on your sport, instead of grabbing coffee, take two sets of five shots right handed from the right block, mid lane, and left block and then two sets of five shots left handed from the right block, mid lane, and left block, 25 free throws right handed, 25 free throws left handed, and two sets of two three pointers right handed and left handed from five spots. Make up your mind you’ll be there for the entire time. Now you’re settled down.
Work
This is the fun part. Here you are focused on producing results and sometime interaction with others is fast and real time. If you don’t know, knowing where to get the information is important. Expect the unexpected here because it’s real time. Be proactive as well as reactive. Be quick and concise. Help yourself and others as needed. Of course, you can take breaks. Be sure to do so. You’ll get more done. Try yoga stretches, go for a walk, talk with a friend, or call time out to regroup.
This is the fun part. Here you are focused on producing results and sometime interaction with others is fast and real time. If you don’t know, knowing where to get the information is important. Expect the unexpected here because it’s real time. Be proactive as well as reactive. Be quick and concise. Help yourself and others as needed. Of course, you can take breaks. Be sure to do so. You’ll get more done. Try yoga stretches, go for a walk, talk with a friend, or call time out to regroup.
Recovery
The late Ray Pelletier had a concept known as the “trust bank”. Ray would call his employees and discuss the progress made. Sure he needed an update but the real reason he was calling is to see what opportunities now existed because of the work accomplished, what roadblocks or help may be needed. You can do this regarding your own work or team up with a colleague. The key here is to be confident if you reach an obstacle no matter how small or large you know you can reach out for help without being reprimanded or your colleague knows this is a time for constructive feedback and a solution (what to do) not a time to criticize. Your team will be a lot better.
The late Ray Pelletier had a concept known as the “trust bank”. Ray would call his employees and discuss the progress made. Sure he needed an update but the real reason he was calling is to see what opportunities now existed because of the work accomplished, what roadblocks or help may be needed. You can do this regarding your own work or team up with a colleague. The key here is to be confident if you reach an obstacle no matter how small or large you know you can reach out for help without being reprimanded or your colleague knows this is a time for constructive feedback and a solution (what to do) not a time to criticize. Your team will be a lot better.
Post-game Routine
Here is where you break through the plateau reached. Write the lessons learned and tips picked up. Over time by keeping a post-game notebook your skill level consistently increases. Therefore, it becomes a whole lot easier. This is also a good place to write what you learned about the competition to increase your business winning percentage. For example, you might write there’s now a new process I can use again and again. Or when shooting the ball see the goal, think, feel (natural), think, and follow through with hand up through the goal.
Here is where you break through the plateau reached. Write the lessons learned and tips picked up. Over time by keeping a post-game notebook your skill level consistently increases. Therefore, it becomes a whole lot easier. This is also a good place to write what you learned about the competition to increase your business winning percentage. For example, you might write there’s now a new process I can use again and again. Or when shooting the ball see the goal, think, feel (natural), think, and follow through with hand up through the goal.
Regardless of your level, have a great time excelling on the job and in sports structure gives you a renewed purpose, instant energy, and enthusiasm so you can experience a sense of pleasure. Do it for one week and you’ll be hooked. You’ll think could it really be this easy. Your customers will be thrilled. Now your workplace is a team.
Labels: anhedonia, in the zone, job, life skills, mindset, mood, motivation, peak performance workplace, performance, routines, sports, work
Friday, October 21, 2011
Stay Productive, Feel A Sense of Nirvana
and make more money." - Raj Gavurla
Stay Productive
If the fall weather and change of leaves went unnoticed by you, you probably are not staying productive. Maybe you are staying productive but you definitely aren't in nirvana. Although we each put in hours at work, what do each of us do to stay productive in those hours to feel a sense of nirvana. Can you get more done in the same amount of time? You can and it can be nirvana when you keep adding tools. Tools make it easier to get what you need done. Just know to rejuvenate to avoid fatigue and burnout.
My practical tool is to get "in the zone". Everything is in slow motion although it's at full speed, there's clarity, time doesn't get in the way, and it's rewarding. Most of all you feel a sense of nirvana. I show clients in my speaking programs, workshops, and coaching how to do this to stay productive and produce better results.
Here are other ways ten leaders stay productive: http://www.inc.com/ss/10-leaders-and-the-surprising-ways-they-stay-productive#9
Labels: in the zone, mindset, mood, motivation, nirvana, peak performance, productive
Thursday, September 22, 2011
Project Work: Peak Performance
You're assigned a project (goal) and it's time to get it done.
Here are a few words of wisdom:
If it's not broke, then don't fix it, tackle the thing
If you broke it, then fix it, tackle the thing
If you don't know how to fix it, then get someone who does, tackle the thing
Bottom Line: Colleagues and suppliers must work better together to serve the client better. You'll reap the rewards (fortune).
Here are a few words of wisdom:
If it's not broke, then don't fix it, tackle the thing
If you broke it, then fix it, tackle the thing
If you don't know how to fix it, then get someone who does, tackle the thing
Bottom Line: Colleagues and suppliers must work better together to serve the client better. You'll reap the rewards (fortune).
Labels: goal, mindset, mood, motivation, peak performance, project work, wisdom
Thursday, April 28, 2011
Continual Advancements In Humanness, Medicine, and Technology
To raise the standard of work and living it’s clear to me there must be continual advancements in humanness, medicine, and technology. What is your action plan to win, make more money, and grow to make lives better?
We need to create more jobs to stimulate the economy. This means increasing intelligence through education, access, transparency, and the assembling of delivery models to reach people faster and on demand. By striving for talent acquisition and winning their services through advancements in humanness we’ll not only lead an economic rise, our families and youth will grow stronger locally and abroad. Entrepreneurship and government (the people) investing in research in addition to collaboration with other countries can excite people towards a better living, if you will.
List three ways your company is advancing humanness:
Through advancements in medicine we can make a healthier and more productive workforce, prolong productive life, and even live beyond years we may think is unimaginable. The key is reaching people through delivery models on demand for not only life saving outcomes but for life enhancing outcomes. A longer life span of work/life balance surely gives us more ammunition to make lives better locally and abroad. We see technology assisting humanness and medicine in leveling the playing field for more to prosper.
List three ways your company is advancing the use of medicine:
By using technology we are able to reach people much faster and in areas where both can benefit from services and products. There are many past examples. However, what are you doing to create an example that has a much larger impact?
Be creative and focus on leading through continual advancements in humanness, medicine, and technology to make lives better. Surely, the economy, pay, and your investment balance will rise. For those who want to lead this revolution, there will be high returns on investment and the satisfaction you are making lives better. Of course, it has to work (produce better results).
List three ways your company is advancing its use of technology:
History has shown how we’ve advanced in humanness, medicine, and technology. What the future shows is by continually doing so you win, make more money, and grow to make lives better. What is your mindset (what you think or the way you think?), mood (the way you feel, bottom line, or action), and motivation (the top line or what is your motivation?) to make this happen?
Every job has a percentage of humanness, medicine, and technology. What are you doing to increase productivity and profitability by increasing the percentages? It would make lives better.
We need to create more jobs to stimulate the economy. This means increasing intelligence through education, access, transparency, and the assembling of delivery models to reach people faster and on demand. By striving for talent acquisition and winning their services through advancements in humanness we’ll not only lead an economic rise, our families and youth will grow stronger locally and abroad. Entrepreneurship and government (the people) investing in research in addition to collaboration with other countries can excite people towards a better living, if you will.
List three ways your company is advancing humanness:
Through advancements in medicine we can make a healthier and more productive workforce, prolong productive life, and even live beyond years we may think is unimaginable. The key is reaching people through delivery models on demand for not only life saving outcomes but for life enhancing outcomes. A longer life span of work/life balance surely gives us more ammunition to make lives better locally and abroad. We see technology assisting humanness and medicine in leveling the playing field for more to prosper.
List three ways your company is advancing the use of medicine:
By using technology we are able to reach people much faster and in areas where both can benefit from services and products. There are many past examples. However, what are you doing to create an example that has a much larger impact?
Be creative and focus on leading through continual advancements in humanness, medicine, and technology to make lives better. Surely, the economy, pay, and your investment balance will rise. For those who want to lead this revolution, there will be high returns on investment and the satisfaction you are making lives better. Of course, it has to work (produce better results).
List three ways your company is advancing its use of technology:
History has shown how we’ve advanced in humanness, medicine, and technology. What the future shows is by continually doing so you win, make more money, and grow to make lives better. What is your mindset (what you think or the way you think?), mood (the way you feel, bottom line, or action), and motivation (the top line or what is your motivation?) to make this happen?
Every job has a percentage of humanness, medicine, and technology. What are you doing to increase productivity and profitability by increasing the percentages? It would make lives better.
Labels: bottom line, business, entrepreneurship, humanness, investments, leadership, living, medicine, mindset, money, mood, motivation, technology, top line, win, work
Wednesday, June 23, 2010
Rhonda Mapp's Girls Basketball Camp
Part of My Program for Follow Your Dreams Wow, it was very inspiring to see girls in the fourth grade to rising seniors in high school practice drills and play basketball. The character growth, learning, and relationships formed will be with them throughout life. Listen to part of my program for Rhonda Mapp's girls basketball campers at www.rajgavurla.com/sportsmotivation.htm (click In The Zone under Watch Video). 
Labels: character growth, follow your dreams, girls basketball camp, in the zone, live your dreams, mindset, mood, motivation
Thursday, April 08, 2010
Corporate Entrepreneurship
Corporations are a vital part of an economy. So are foundations, government, and faith based initiatives. In corporations employees are starving for a new direction to create a new economy and adapt. Corporations are largely responsible for more business transparency because of the push for information technology (IT) and access to relevant information. Look at what information can be gathered from a Google search and now we can go directly to the consumer via Twitter and most importantly made our voices heard to produce positive change.
If you’re in a corporation trying to catch the next trend, then see what you think of this approach. Instill corporate entrepreneurship by:
1. Find Your Entrepreneurial Spirit
Answer the following questions:
Have you created anything new, improved a service or process to get work and get it done better? Are your employees excited like kids or dragging in with a bewildered look? Are you proactive in your industry or reactive? Do your employees even know what to do with an idea and how it flows through your organization? Are you finding the right partnerships to serve the marketplace in a unique and better way? Are you creating new relationships and do you really understand how to grow an idea and what it takes to germinate?
2. Maintain a Winning Mental Mindset
Employees need to know and believe what they are doing really makes a positive difference. They are more interested in having serious fun at work hundreds of days a year versus the weeks of vacation they receive. Work on instilling the mental motivation skills so your employees can be proud of the work they do to compete in a capitalistic marketplace. Put winning back into the workplace culture. More successes increases confidence and builds a foundation for mental motivation skills through confidence. This acts as a resource to grab from to create more successes. Increasing your employees’ mental motivation skills to learn at another New Best Level is the fastest way for performance improvement to grow, profit, and evolve.
3. Use Leadership Teamwork
The top down structure of leadership has been diminishing more and more and this will continue because of the will of the people and technology. Sure, for every decision there is a decision maker or group of decision makers. As a decision maker or non-decision maker are you involved in facilitated sessions or retreats to help decipher what your team really wants, prioritize, and produce goals and metrics? My research indicates that the majority of employees want to be on a team. However, the dynamics of a team are missing because they are not empowered to input for various reasons. Therefore, they feel isolated and this disrupts their mindset by putting their thinking in a rut. Sure, they can be fired but isn’t the purpose of a corporation to develop and grow each employee as an individual with unique talents and skills as well as a teammate. You’ll be surprised that instead of handling moral and attitude issues they will be forcing you to look at ways for you as a leader to grow, distribute, and incentize them to make your job easier and corporation more productive and profitable. Empowerment is not a buzzword. It is real and if you are willing to garner its creative force it will create the excitement you are looking for as a leader, boss, and employee.
Your clients will see the difference in your work and offerings. Spruce up your entrepreneurial spirit, winning mental mindset, and leadership teamwork on a regular basis. It’s not a one shot deal. You’ll have more serious fun. It just takes investment of work, time, and money. That’s real good because you receive a return on investment. It will make the hundreds of days at work just as exciting as those vacation days unless, of course, you’re going on an all expenses paid trip to Hawaii.
If you’re in a corporation trying to catch the next trend, then see what you think of this approach. Instill corporate entrepreneurship by:
1. Find Your Entrepreneurial Spirit
Answer the following questions:
Have you created anything new, improved a service or process to get work and get it done better? Are your employees excited like kids or dragging in with a bewildered look? Are you proactive in your industry or reactive? Do your employees even know what to do with an idea and how it flows through your organization? Are you finding the right partnerships to serve the marketplace in a unique and better way? Are you creating new relationships and do you really understand how to grow an idea and what it takes to germinate?
2. Maintain a Winning Mental Mindset
Employees need to know and believe what they are doing really makes a positive difference. They are more interested in having serious fun at work hundreds of days a year versus the weeks of vacation they receive. Work on instilling the mental motivation skills so your employees can be proud of the work they do to compete in a capitalistic marketplace. Put winning back into the workplace culture. More successes increases confidence and builds a foundation for mental motivation skills through confidence. This acts as a resource to grab from to create more successes. Increasing your employees’ mental motivation skills to learn at another New Best Level is the fastest way for performance improvement to grow, profit, and evolve.
3. Use Leadership Teamwork
The top down structure of leadership has been diminishing more and more and this will continue because of the will of the people and technology. Sure, for every decision there is a decision maker or group of decision makers. As a decision maker or non-decision maker are you involved in facilitated sessions or retreats to help decipher what your team really wants, prioritize, and produce goals and metrics? My research indicates that the majority of employees want to be on a team. However, the dynamics of a team are missing because they are not empowered to input for various reasons. Therefore, they feel isolated and this disrupts their mindset by putting their thinking in a rut. Sure, they can be fired but isn’t the purpose of a corporation to develop and grow each employee as an individual with unique talents and skills as well as a teammate. You’ll be surprised that instead of handling moral and attitude issues they will be forcing you to look at ways for you as a leader to grow, distribute, and incentize them to make your job easier and corporation more productive and profitable. Empowerment is not a buzzword. It is real and if you are willing to garner its creative force it will create the excitement you are looking for as a leader, boss, and employee.
Your clients will see the difference in your work and offerings. Spruce up your entrepreneurial spirit, winning mental mindset, and leadership teamwork on a regular basis. It’s not a one shot deal. You’ll have more serious fun. It just takes investment of work, time, and money. That’s real good because you receive a return on investment. It will make the hundreds of days at work just as exciting as those vacation days unless, of course, you’re going on an all expenses paid trip to Hawaii.
Labels: adapt, business coaching, corporate entrepreneurship, entrepreneurial spirit, fixed mindset, mental motivation, mood, motivation, performance improvement, productivity, profitability, winning
Sunday, April 04, 2010
Most Abused Psychology Intrinsic Function
"Know what you want and need to do." - Raj Gavurla
The flight-or-fight response is the most abused psychology human intrinsic function in business and relationships. It's abused when we don't use common-sense. It is not abused when we use common-sense.
Let's take a look at a sales, customer service, getting work done, athletic, or medical pursuit of yours.
Let's take a look at a sales, customer service, getting work done, athletic, or medical pursuit of yours.
Examples
Sales:
Abused: You sell without listening and using caring thought provoking discovery questions.
Result: No sale (flight response)
Not abused: You learn about the organization to ask caring discovery questions to help the client get what they want. Let the customer decide.
Result: Builds a trustworthy relationship or produces a sale (fight response)
Customer Service:
Abused: You do not meet the date of delivery for the product or service and don't inform the client and don't let the client know what happened.
Result: Bad service (flight response)
Not abused: You meet the date and inform client of other products, services, specials, and do something nice for the client that is unique to them. Example would be a fun give away with their name on it related to what was purchased.
Result: More business (fight response)
Getting Work Done:
Abused: You ask someone to do something and expect them to be an expert at it.
Result: May not get what you want (flight response) Not abused: Same scenario except you tell them the reason you are asking for this and tell them it will be good for them to find a solution. Then tell them you already know how to do it and you will spend time reviewing it to show them how to do it correctly if done incorrectly.
Result: Better employee and new skill to keep in their mindset (fight response)
Sports:
Abused: You bench a player for taking bad shots without telling them what to do to overcome it.
Result: You aren't being a coach, friend, or professional (flight response)
Not abused: Same scenario except you coach the benched player to know what to do to take a good shot. Each of us has the same program or a different program in our mindset when pursuing a common goal. When different one of us needs to re-program so the programs are the same.
Result: Increases the players knowledge and understanding of the game to win (fight response)
Medical:
Abused: You yell at your patients.
Result: Your patients don't get better (flight response)
Not Abused: You talk warmly to your patients and even when they are behaving wrongly empathize and give instruction
Result: Your patients get better (fight response) Pay attention to the flight-or-fight-for-good response by using common-sense. You will be in a better mood.
Labels: abused psychology, business psychology, customer service, fight, flight-or-fight, medical, mindset, mood, motivation, sales, sports, sports psychology, work
Sunday, January 31, 2010
Book - Winning at Entrepreneurship
Entrepreneurial Leadership
My name is Raj Gavurla. I'm an entrepreneurial speaker, and mindset, mood, motivation expert. I wrote the book, Winning At Entrepreneurship. The reason I wrote the book is because we have a lot of how to book on entrepreneurship. I read many of them. However I did not see a book that talks about the entrepreneurial spirit needed, the mindset needed, the mood needed, the motivation needed for an entrepreneur to succeed. And really what is the real value of entrepreneurship? Why is it something that's looked upon so highly. In the book I give you common-sense strategies and its filled with tips, decision making formulas to really help you cut some years off to cut some stress and frustration off from your journey of being entrepreneurial. Even if you work in a company, a lot of companies today who are succeeding or that are succeeding are entrepreneurial in culture.
Therefore, check out my book. Here it is, Winning At Entrepreneurship. You can get it on my web site at http://www.rajgavurla.com/, http://www.amazon.com/, or http://www.learnoutloud.com/ if you would like. Or, call me to place an order at 404.918.7366.
Tell your friends about it. Tell your family about it. It will help them to find their inner voice in winning at entrepreneurship.
Labels: business owners, entrepreneurship, inner voice, leadership teamwork, money, motivation, spirit, spirituality, winning at entrepreneurship, winning mindset
Saturday, January 23, 2010
Positive Self-Think, Positive Self-Talk, Logical Emotion
"Use positive self-think, positive self-talk, or logical emotion to get in the right mindset, mood, and be motivated."
Positive Self-Think:
Use this if you have a negative result. Simply, think a positive to compete.
Ex: If you're not moving your feet on defense, think the word "move".
Positive Self-Talk:
Use this by talking to yourself out loud to compete to win.
Ex: If you miss a free throw, out loud say something to focus.
Logical Emotion:
Words without the right body language and action send mix messages.
Ask yourself:
Are you happy?
If no, why not?
Are you having fun?
If no, why not?
Are you winning?
If no, why not?
Do you enjoy it?
If no, why not?
Are you making money?
If no, why not?
Use "positive self-think", "positive self-talk" and "logical emotion" to find the solution for you.
Your mindset, mood, and motivation will be a whole lot better.
Positive Self-Think:
Use this if you have a negative result. Simply, think a positive to compete.
Ex: If you're not moving your feet on defense, think the word "move".
Positive Self-Talk:
Use this by talking to yourself out loud to compete to win.
Ex: If you miss a free throw, out loud say something to focus.
Logical Emotion:
Words without the right body language and action send mix messages.
Ask yourself:
Are you happy?
If no, why not?
Are you having fun?
If no, why not?
Are you winning?
If no, why not?
Do you enjoy it?
If no, why not?
Are you making money?
If no, why not?
Use "positive self-think", "positive self-talk" and "logical emotion" to find the solution for you.
Your mindset, mood, and motivation will be a whole lot better.
Labels: logical emotion, mindset, mood, motivation, positive self-talk, positive self-think
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