1. Get the LEAD out…
Be a leader not a deadweight!
Motivating Yourself & Others
by Dr. Michael W. Posey
2. Your status…
1 – How’s our Professional Life?
2 – How’s your personal life?
3 – What makes you happy?
4 – What don’t you know that you’d like to?
5 – One thing you want to do professionally
before you die?
6 – One thing you want to do personally
before you die?
3. Are you admired?
Admired -vs- Deadweight
– Name 3 people you admire?
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Why do you admire them?
4. Or are you a deadweight?
Admired -vs- Deadweight
– Name 3 deadweights you’ve encountered
in life?
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What makes them a deadweight?
5. Admire -vs- Deadweight
Admired People Deadweights
– Motivator – Uninspiring
– Colleague – Cling-on
– Passionate – Care Less attitude
– Listener – Talker
– Authority – No Authority
– Controlled – Uncontrolled
– Teacher – Wanderer
6. The Life Puzzle
Your life is influenced
by those whom you
admire and the
deadweights whom
you encounter
throughout your life...
…they help to
influence the pieces of
the your puzzle
7. The Life Puzzle
Remember that
YOU have the
ultimate control
over how YOU
shape YOUR style
and how you build
YOUR puzzle!
8. One cannot not
Motivate!
Everything we do is because of
motivation
– Humans do not do anything unless they
are motivated to do it.
9. DWI
Dealing with it means recognition of
your preferences
– Recognize that you like certain things
better than others!
– Know that it is OK to do so!
Accept this to be the case and strive to
operate within your comfort zone.
10. DWI
Dealing with it sometimes means
doing things that you don’t like to do.
– Understand that it is only temporary
– Look forward to doing the things you DO
like
12. Relationships
Knowing yourself helps
to balance your life
which helps to balance
relationships which
helps to balance your
work which. . .
13. Relationships
The key is to find
out what makes
people tick!
– How do they fit?
– What gets their
juices flowing?
– Why do/don’t they
do what they do?
15. Communication
Effective communication does not
mean having a Monologue
– You disconfirm someone when you
don’t listen and have a one sided
conversation
This makes others lose face and feel
unimportant and less willing to go that extra
mile
16. Communication
Effective communication means
having a dialogue
– You can confirm someone when you
talk with them
This will help to validate them and will make
them more willing to go that extra mile
17. You Create it!
The communication we have with
others creates our environment.
We choose our communication with
others.
We ultimately control how
communication affects us.
18. Inspiring Others takes work!
The hard stuff is easy – the soft
stuff is hard. The soft stuff makes
all the difference!
19. Inspire
What do you want to inspire
within others?
– A good feeling!
– A sense that they can
contributed to the betterment of
others!
– A feeling that they can make a
difference!
20. Quick Tips
Be assertive NOT aggressive
Know when NOT to be assertive
Scope it out and look before crossing
Remember P.A.C.E.
21. Quick Tips
Lay your cards down
Don’t be a rug – Don’t make rugs
Buy into to being uncomfortable
22. Quick Tips
Avoid Crap
– When someone throws a bucket of crap
at you, step aside and let the crap hit the
wall…if you don’t then the crap will hit you
and you’ll feel crappy.
23. Three Choices
You can Vegetate
You can Imitate
You can Innovate
It is YOUR choice!