Build a person, not a position!
Marcelene Cox said, “A child can never be better than what his parents think of him.”
How true is this statement? Many of you will read this and think about the times your parents helped to build you as an individual. How often they said things like, “You can do anything you want,” or “you are so smart!” Unfortunately, others who read this will think about how many times they did not hear encouraging, uplifting, and motivating statements.
Without completing research on the matter, it is difficult to say how the majority of each type of individual would be affected either way. However, here are a couple of things I do know when using this theory, whether it be with children, employees, co-workers, etc.
- Once is not enough. Reinforcement is the key to their success. If you believe in them, tell them so, and do it often. This will build confidence and rewards.
- Build the foundation. If you help someone to build self-confidence and self-respect, they will emulate that and gain respect wherever they go in life.
- Trust is essential! Through often confidence building statements, a new level of trust will be built between you and the other individual. With trust comes confidence and respect.
Of course there are exceptions to this. We have all seen made for TV movies in which a child raised in a destructive home refuses to be held down and becomes the President of a Fortune 500 company. But these cases are rare and shouldn’t be viewed as the norm.
My challenge to you is to build a person from within. Provide confidence building statements to your children, co-workers, and employees. See what miracles happen when those people know how much confidence you have in them. Watch the level of responsibility grow exponentially.
Remember; build a person, not a position!
Josh Brody is the President and CEO of Corporate Guidance Solutions, a consulting firm specializing in helping organizations and individuals realize their potential and enhance their performance.
Wednesday, February 28, 2007
Thursday, February 1, 2007
How do YOU see yourself?
HOW DO YOU SEE YOURSELF?
This is the final installment of the Motivation posts. The first post dealt with YOU and the second dealt with motivating others. This post will venture back into the YOU realm. Because YOU are most important and what YOU do affects others.
Dr. Tony Allesandra said, “Write your own eulogy. Seriously, actually sitting down and writing your own eulogy can be a marvelous exercise in goal-setting. Make it long and detailed. Your eulogy can become your script, telling who you were, what you did, how well you were liked. If you are like most people, you will first list your accomplishments, successes, and positions in organizations. Then you will revise your eulogy, realizing that what you want to be most remembered for is not how many initials you had after your name or how many employees were beneath you on the organization chart.”
This is a great exercise for anyone. After all, great people leave great legacies. You don’t have to be the CEO of a Fortune 500 company, or be in the NFL Hall of Fame. All you have to do is be happy and content with who you are. When you are happy and confident, you become “magnetic.” The Law of Attraction comes into play and good things happen to you and all around you.
How you see yourself and what you have “given back” is most important of all. The exercise listed above helps define who YOU are and motivates you to plan, develop, and accomplish your goals. It helps motivate YOU! When you accomplish this exercise you will learn more about YOU than you thought. It will cause you to look deep and think critically about where you have been, where you are now, and where you are going. It will motivate YOU to strive to meet your own expectations…which are and should be the most stringent.
I challenge you to write your own eulogy and think about where you want to be. Use it to develop your new five year plan. Ask yourself the following questions to get started, “Who am I? What do I do? How do I give back? What purpose do I serve? “
Once you have answered these questions, the exercise will take you to new heights, and motivate you to excel in whatever it is YOU want to.
Josh Brody is the President and CEO of Corporate Guidance Solutions, a consulting firm specializing in helping organizations and individuals realize their potential and enhance their performance.
This is the final installment of the Motivation posts. The first post dealt with YOU and the second dealt with motivating others. This post will venture back into the YOU realm. Because YOU are most important and what YOU do affects others.
Dr. Tony Allesandra said, “Write your own eulogy. Seriously, actually sitting down and writing your own eulogy can be a marvelous exercise in goal-setting. Make it long and detailed. Your eulogy can become your script, telling who you were, what you did, how well you were liked. If you are like most people, you will first list your accomplishments, successes, and positions in organizations. Then you will revise your eulogy, realizing that what you want to be most remembered for is not how many initials you had after your name or how many employees were beneath you on the organization chart.”
This is a great exercise for anyone. After all, great people leave great legacies. You don’t have to be the CEO of a Fortune 500 company, or be in the NFL Hall of Fame. All you have to do is be happy and content with who you are. When you are happy and confident, you become “magnetic.” The Law of Attraction comes into play and good things happen to you and all around you.
How you see yourself and what you have “given back” is most important of all. The exercise listed above helps define who YOU are and motivates you to plan, develop, and accomplish your goals. It helps motivate YOU! When you accomplish this exercise you will learn more about YOU than you thought. It will cause you to look deep and think critically about where you have been, where you are now, and where you are going. It will motivate YOU to strive to meet your own expectations…which are and should be the most stringent.
I challenge you to write your own eulogy and think about where you want to be. Use it to develop your new five year plan. Ask yourself the following questions to get started, “Who am I? What do I do? How do I give back? What purpose do I serve? “
Once you have answered these questions, the exercise will take you to new heights, and motivate you to excel in whatever it is YOU want to.
Josh Brody is the President and CEO of Corporate Guidance Solutions, a consulting firm specializing in helping organizations and individuals realize their potential and enhance their performance.
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