Over the years, I have gradually persuaded friends, colleagues and clients to stop sending me rubbish on the email and to take me off all of their round-robbin lists of jokes but there are one or two people that still send me the odd quality anecdote or interesting fact. Here is a little something that someone sent to me today that is indisputable mathematical logic of the power of attitude... Okay! Okay! It's not, I know but it sure is an extraordinary conincidence... What Makes 100%? What does it mean to give MORE than 100%? Ever wonder … [Read more...]
How Can I Get Motivated When My Team Are Demotivated?
November 6, 2010 By 8 Comments
Here's a question that was asked the other day on my LinkedIn group and I thought that the answer I gave would be of interest to my blog readers as it is a situation that I see fairly often which is impacting both individuals and sales leaders... "How can I get motivated when my team members have changed? My new team lack the ambition and drive to canvass and, for my sins, I am falling behind." Changes in business teams and operations can be one of the most destabilizing and worrying things. I understand your frustrations. Most … [Read more...]
Finding Your Personal Motivation, Part III
March 10, 2010 By 73 Comments
The final part of my quick video on Finding Your Personal Motivation. Thanks for your kind comments and thoughts on this one. We'll be launching the all new GavinIngham.com sales training, personal and business success website in the next few weeks and we will be releasing a lot more videos. This will be one of the last in this more formal format as we'll be over to a new, exciting format that will allow us to get you sales training and personal success tips more frequently and more often. … [Read more...]
Finding Your Personal Motivation, Part II
March 3, 2010 By Leave a Comment
When people find out that I am a "motivational speaker" they often ask me to motivate them as if it is something that I can do for them or to them. We're often at a party or in a pub and it is posed as something of a challenge however, many times, it is deadly serious too. Motivation is internal and the ability to motivate yourself is something that you can learn to do if you set your mind to it. There are many different ways to build self-motivation and hundreds of techniques that you could use. Here is part ii of my video short Finding … [Read more...]
