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
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
Thursday, November 04, 2010
Raise The Standard of Work and Living By Consistently Playing At The Top of Your Game
"Raise the standard of work and living by consistently playing at the top of your game." - Raj Gavurla
In the forefront of our mindset and mood is the desire to raise the standard of work and living. As humans it is ingrained in us to strive. In order to do so, three areas need to be addressed:
1. Creative ideas and innovation to make adjustments to the current way of work. This includes easier access, open learning, technology, modification of financial structure, and government handling the new societal issues for progress. In Germany, unemployment has steadily declined during the recession. How? They not only educate they train and retrain. Learning is the catalyst for positive change.
2. We are moving more and more towards a knowledge based economy. Easier access to and ability to apply the knowledge, information, and research raises the standard of work and living. It's a form of empowerment.
Solutions will continue to benefit all and then be specifically laser focused to benefit your individuality. This has been the case and it will be much more noticeable and prevalent. It is already happening with empowerment, technology, medicine, cultures, race, and humanness. This will resolve problems that hinder people from progressing.
3. Think of the times you've been stuck. By having the tools or knowing where to access what you need or a tip you become unstuck.
If you keep adding tools to your mindset, mood, and mental motivation, you keep yourself and others from getting stuck. It requires leadership teamwork. Leadership on its own doesn't work. Teamwork on its own doesn't work. Leadership teamwork does work. Harness the human desire to strive by tuning your mindset, mood, and mental motivation to raise the standard of work and living. The gains we see will far outweigh the recession.
In the forefront of our mindset and mood is the desire to raise the standard of work and living. As humans it is ingrained in us to strive. In order to do so, three areas need to be addressed:
1. Creative ideas and innovation to make adjustments to the current way of work. This includes easier access, open learning, technology, modification of financial structure, and government handling the new societal issues for progress. In Germany, unemployment has steadily declined during the recession. How? They not only educate they train and retrain. Learning is the catalyst for positive change.
2. We are moving more and more towards a knowledge based economy. Easier access to and ability to apply the knowledge, information, and research raises the standard of work and living. It's a form of empowerment.
Solutions will continue to benefit all and then be specifically laser focused to benefit your individuality. This has been the case and it will be much more noticeable and prevalent. It is already happening with empowerment, technology, medicine, cultures, race, and humanness. This will resolve problems that hinder people from progressing.
3. Think of the times you've been stuck. By having the tools or knowing where to access what you need or a tip you become unstuck.
If you keep adding tools to your mindset, mood, and mental motivation, you keep yourself and others from getting stuck. It requires leadership teamwork. Leadership on its own doesn't work. Teamwork on its own doesn't work. Leadership teamwork does work. Harness the human desire to strive by tuning your mindset, mood, and mental motivation to raise the standard of work and living. The gains we see will far outweigh the recession.
Labels: ideas, innovation, knowledge based economy, living, standard of living, standard of work, thinking tools, work
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
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