How do we motivate ourselves, without having our heads above the clouds? A little pragmatism never hurts anyone, yet if we spill over the line, it may come across as being 'laid back'.
I believe in the big picture formula. People must have a vision of the big picture so that they can build a pathway to get there.
I spent an hour yesterday afternoon, selling the big picture to a group who, along the way, lost theirs. I came into the meeting with a foggy picture in christmas wrapping. BUT they were sold on the idea in minutes.
Perhaps corporate branding played a huge part, but I tend to think it's this foggy picture that got them motivated. It's like having a TV, that has poor reception, for reasons we cannot understand - what do we do? We tune the TV and re-tune it, so that the picture clears up and we get clarity.
Likewise.
It's human nature to want a clear vision - therefore, that motivated them to move forward so that they will have a grandstand view.
We do not need sophisticated seminars, talks or even classes to get us going.
We just need to be on the same page of a book!
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