Motivation Guru Prints

Great coaching is about sharing an understanding of where your coachee is trying to get to...

'The NHS believes in a carrot and stick approach to motivation...'

'Fantastic chance to show what you can do...resources are of course stretched...we'd be very grateful.'

"They finally gave me the employee of the month award, but it kind of loses its meaning when every single other employee has already gotten it five times.'

'Now, using only my mind, I will bend this spoon.'

"Actually, the district office is getting better results with a fresh garlic bagel."

"I can motivate everyone except myself."

'We invest so much money in training staff...it's a mystery to me why businesses would risk losing them.'

'I'm sorry, but everyone is in a meeting.'

"Eventually, you have to stop visualizing yourself doing well on the test, and actually do the test."

"Today we'll be performing some much needed maintenance on Miss Trimbles weak pelvic floor."

'Don't worry. No one else knows what they are doing either.'

What the Thinker was thinking: 'I think I can...I think I can...'

'You know you're getting old when you take longer to recover than to get tired.'

'Now then - I just wanted to see how you handle pressure, Mr. Boyle.'

Feedback should be sought for genuine reasons, not because you want compliments. . .

"We don't call them 'horns' anymore. They're interactive audio crash deterrent stimulators."

Yoga Xmas Decorations

'Kroft, Kroft, Kroft...to thine own demographic be true!'

"My best managerial trait is that I dig for answers until I get them between my teeth. My worst trait is that sometimes I bury them."

Pony express. Pony express yourself. Pony express yourself so much he left.

Target your customer.

"To be clear, I said I want your 'A' game, not your 'Eh?' game."

"He thought this would illustrate the company hierarchy more clearly than the organizational chart."

Yoga.

After years of intense inner work, Bill finally got his life completely in balance. That's when he noticed the new loose thread.

Institute of Health next to Alternative medicine dept

"I always try to give out at least one genuine compliment per day. I don't always succeed."

"Unless one is a humorist, Haskins. One should avoid attempts at humor."

'Come on, come on, let's work together!'

Whack-a-mole CEO.

"I can't sit down. Don't you remember? I worked my butt off for you."

'Miss Raleigh. I'm studying megatrends. Bring me some megavitamins.'

'...And for the low visibility positions we can bring people on board who can, you know...do things.'

'Ask yourself, 'What is it I'm not doing?', and then ask yourself, 'What is it I'm doing too much?'.'