Listen to the most recent episode of my podcast: Leveraging Motivators https://anchor.fm/shawn-ward/episodes/Leveraging-Motivators-e2v7nh To achieve our best chance of overcoming approach avoidance we need to understand striking a healthy balance between intrinsic and extrinsic motivators. Bringing more awareness to our foundational personal values and anchoring into intrinsic motivations that come from those most personal values will... Continue Reading →
Being Consumed
You ever have a day where you just get hijacked by your own negative thinking? Yeah, me too. Nothing is broken or wrong with you though, this is natural to do. Whether it's your worry about the tough day you just had and wondering if your going to have another today. Or, your fidgeting about... Continue Reading →
Quote Roulette #9
"Optimization in my experience is a bit of a myth. You can't be hyper-productive and eat healthy and exercise and be on top of emails and be clean and organized and socialize and expect to read a novel per week, you just can't. Something's gotta give." - GanzeerEveryone would like to say that they have... Continue Reading →
Monkeys
Last post was all about a broader stroke on the topic of motivators. Two kinds to be specific, intrinsic and extrinsic. Intrinsic, the better one to really establish behaviors we want to see or desire in our work/life are the ones we want as our foundation. Placing intrinsic motivators over that of exterior ones are... Continue Reading →
This Is Your Motivation
The stick and the carrot game have been around a long time. Finding our carrot isn't always as clear or as easy to picture in today's environments we live and play in. What we think was our motivation we can learn quickly is the wrong self motivation to have. We need to figure out how... Continue Reading →
You Will Fall and Fail, Get Used to It
How can you let yourself off the hook? Reflecting on some of my worst failures I often wonder how I made it through. I've been and still am very hard on myself. How we typically respond will set the stage for how quickly we can learn from the fall as well as determine how soon... Continue Reading →
Say Yes to Yourself
Fear is a liar. We bring fear through letting it hold us back from even starting. We say no to ourselves in those moments before we can possibly say yes. We are all deeply creative, we just have to move past our fear in our own ideas Crossing the threshold you will find the best... Continue Reading →
Quote Roulette #7
"Rule your mind, or it will rule you." - BuddhaThis was a solid find that definitely caught me dead in the moment. It's simple. Profound. Something easy to keep front of mind through out your day. At work, at play, or in our social circles our mind is always translating what it takes in. Our... Continue Reading →
The Challenge
Going all out in our pursuits as we drive for 2019 expectations we've set for ourselves requires a clean mindset. One in which you can handle the defeats and enjoy the successes as you cross some milestones. Part of our problem as we set out in the new year we cannot forgive nor fully embrace... Continue Reading →
