How to be focused and stay focused at work
What does it mean to be focused? To be focused, we first need to define what we’re talking about. According to Google, the word ‘focus’ is searched between one million and ten million times every single month. That makes it a very popular and desirable thing. While some of these searches are looking for a […]
How to Write Motivational Stories like Stephen King
Motivational Stories Motivational stories are crucial to our success in life and at work. As human beings, we live in language. And the primary way we do that is to tell stories. We tell stories to others, perhaps at bedtime or in meetings, and we tell stories to ourselves about how the world is and […]
Three Steps to Boost Your Motivation for Productivity Gains
Motivation for Productivity Do you need motivation for productivity? In their brilliant book, Switch, Chip and Dan Heath suggest the most important thing for being productive is to boost your motivation. (I rapped this book over at Book Rapper as Sticky Change) Think back to the last time you were trying to complete an important […]
James Adonis: The Motivation Hoax – Book Review
James Adonis, The Motivation Hoax James Adonis, The Motivation Hoax – A smart person’s guide to inspirational nonsense, Schwartz Publishing, Carlton, 2018. Inspirational nonsense! Yep, that pretty much sums it up for me. Instagram and Facebook and to a lesser extent Linked In are full of mindless truisms masquerading as inspiration from some enlighted heroes […]
Getting Grit – Book Review
Book Review: Getting Grit Caroline Adams Miller; Getting Grit: The Evidence based approach to cultivating passion, perseverance and purpose. In creating Project Passion I had compiled a great selection of strategies for getting more done. (Many of them are in my book Done) When I read this book I realized I’d made a really big […]
Why We Write: Book Review
Why We Write – Book Review Editor Meredith Maran has compiled a peek behind the curtain of some of the world’s best writers in her book, Why We Write. She secured 20 acclaimed authors to share their thoughts on how and why they do what they do. Each of the authors has written a short […]
Project Passion: Inner Goals Over Outer Goals
Inner Goals One of the reasons that we fail to complete our projects is that we focus on inner goals and not outer goals. Have you ever considered that you might be working on the wrong goal? And, I don’t mean writing a book versus getting a new job. Heidi Grant Halvorson is a social psychologist […]
Project Design Books – Twelve of the Best
The thing that I am most proud of around Project Passion is that it was fuelled by Book Rapper. Yep, re-reading my own material provided the insight I needed. It’s a neat reminder for me about the value of great books and the RAPs as a quick reference guide. Thus, this list of Project Design […]
Jason Fox: Design Your Motivation Strategy
Jason Fox is the author of The Game Changer and an expert on motivation strategy and design. This is episode 033 of the Ideas Architect Podcast. Our Topic: Jason Fox Dr Jason Fox is a speaker, author and consultant on motivation and design. He has a PhD based on learning how to motivate people to […]
What Are You Building With Your Blog?
I’m often asked, “How can you justify the time, effort and energy to blog everyday?” Here’s four ways I could respond… 1 I’m not writing a blog, I’m writing a book Generally, I’m writing about stuff that I will at some point collect into a book, ebook, online course or something similar. So… how many […]