Pressuring people is the lazy leader’s method of motivation.
Anticipate disengagement once you begin pressuring people.
Inspire. Don’t pressure.
The more you pressure people, the more you need to pressure people.
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3 Essentials to Inspiration
3 Questions that Ignite Inspiration
Vitality comes from being wholehearted.
Half-heartedness drains vitality because you’re moving in two directions at once. Part of you jumps in. Part of you holds back.
Give yourself fully to challenges. Receive vitality in return.
Avoid exhaustion.
Here’s how….
One of my clients felt energized after cleaning her closets. Creating order prepared her to tackle big challenges.
Life feels lighter when everything is in its place.
Order expands capacity.
Energizing values bring vitality to duty.
Use the 11th question to reveal energizing values.
Distracted leaders drown in what’s broken. Fixing dilutes energy. Fueling multiplies it.
Fixers look like heroes. But leaders fuel brush fires.
Maximize what’s working.
Gossip is weakness reaching for power.
Don’t undermine the people you depend on. Strong teams aren’t built by spreading venom.
Real leaders feel strong when they strengthen others.
The cure for gossip isn’t silence; it’s learning to praise others to others.
Energy determines who leads, not titles. Positive energy multiplies impact.
Multipliers breathe life into people.
Bad is 5X stronger than good. One draining habit cancels five encouraging ones. Eliminate what drains before adding what lifts.
Socrates said, “The unexamined life is not worth living.”
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