Whoever said, “Fail often, fail fast, fail cheap,” has my respect. One challenge, however, is organizational expectations. Some within your organization have a low tolerance for failure. Ken Cooper Look at the people who are called dumb. Look at the people who are called stupid or shortsighted. You know, there are an awfully lot of …
Category Archive: Motivation
Sep 10
Project-based learning (PBL)
Project-based learning (PBL) is a model that organizes learning around projects. According to the definitions found in PBL handbooks for teachers, projects are complex tasks, based on challenging questions or problems, that involve students in design, problem-solving, decision making, or investigative activities; give students the opportunity to work relatively autonomously over extended periods of time; …
Aug 17
Are you motivated or inspired- a test
Answer these question in Yes or No Is there a feeling of urgency and fear that if I don’t take action I’ll lose out on the reward? Are you focused on the outcome of your performance? Do you find yourself comparing your performance to your colleagues? Are you concerned about what other people might think …
Aug 17
Is Inspiration the Motivation? Does it matters?
Motivation – to provide a motive, to induce, incite, impel Inspiration – to breathe life into, to arouse someone else, particularly to arouse something animating inside them or to enliven. As leaders we assume that our role is to motivate others to achieve something, to reach a desired goal, or produce something. Our main focus …
Aug 16
Is Leader a Joker???
The leader’s only means of leading are decisions. The leader decides something for, or on behalf of, others. however, while you may probably direct soldiers to march in step or line workers so they respect the piece-work, the notion of leading to learn is a contradiction in terms. as a leader I can decide that …
Aug 16
The Art of Asking Questions
• Avoid Complexity: use simple, conversational language • Avoid leading and loaded questions • Avoid ambiguous questiions: be as specific as possible • Avoid double-barreled questions • Avoid making assumptions • Avoid negative questions Leading question A question that suggests or implies a certain answer. Causes: •The bandwagon effect e.g. Most Saudis have stopped eating …
Aug 15
Minset -Effective Stress Management
In a lot of ways stress is only a perspective; or in other words an illusory representation that we create of an event or circumstance in our minds. We either see these events in a positive light or we feel that we have little control, and therefore the consequences of the circumstances tend to overwhelm …
Aug 15
48 things to remember
You might have one, don’t you? An aspiration? Obviously you are doing. Most of us do. Whether your dream is big or small here’s top tips on Living Your Dream. You can be certain it’s a dream instead of a fantasy if your dream involves serving others for some reason. You’re never too old to …
Aug 11
“DISAPPEAR” a tool of Leader
If Leader need to be permanently present, Leader is not doing job properly. He/she is really showing people that he/she don’t trust them, that he/she isn’t prepared to train them to do job. Too many bosses demotivate their people by being there all the time, interfering and getting in the way of an effective operation. …
Aug 11
Four ways to change
There are only four ways that you can change anything about yourself, your life or relationship with others. – Brian Tracy Do more of something Do less of something Begin something Stop something Among these four ways stopping something is the hardest one. Starting any new innovative or stupid task what ever the cause and …
Aug 06
Ego is the key to self motivation
Ego is form of anger and we all know that anger means danger. Despite of this fact it has one good part, that it makes one focused on goal/target. The ego should be used as key rather than a door. it has lots of negative character than good one. if we can properly use it …