HOW TO RE-DISCOVER YOUR MOTIVATION

CHANGING THE WAY YOU THINK AND ADDING A FEW KEY HABITS CAN HELP YOU GET BACK THE MOTIVATION THAT YOU LOST SOMEWHERE ALONG THE WAY.

Companies spend a lot of time and money trying to motivate their employees.

But when was the last time a mug with your company’s logo or a coffee shop gift card made you truly excited? Real motivation doesn’t come from external rewards--it comes from making some shifts in how you think about your situation, says San Diego, California-based personal empowerment expert Susan Fowler, author of Why Motivating People Doesn’t Work . . . And What Does: The New Science of Leading, Energizing, and Engaging.

“Give a whale a fish and it’ll jump as high as you want. Give a pigeon a pellet and it’ll turn 360 degrees. That whole animal behavior theory is what the workplace is built on. We’ve got to get away from that because we’re not pigeons and we’re not whales,” she says. Continue reading.


Originally posted on Fast Company.