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I’ve been busy ramping up the TM Solutions Business & Leadership workshops and webinars. Here’s a couple of webinars coming up soon. I’ve provided links to FREE registration for readers of my blog. Yes, this is shameless self promotion. A girl’s got to make a living. Continue reading Upcoming Webinars – Free for Blog Readers (Updated 5/13) I know my posting has become pretty anemic with barely weekly kiddo reports and the occasional update on whether I happen to be running or not (I am now). One reason that I have posted less has to do with my efforts on the career front. So what’s the scoop? Training, work, Remy stuff– things are happening, but how would you know if I don ‘t bother to write them down? So here I’ll write them down. This is a follow up to the Understanding the Q Model post and triggered by this post by Wayne Goldsmith. I love Mr. Goldsmith’s approach, but his assertion that a motivated coach can accomplish in 20 minutes what takes most coaches 20 years. I see it a little differently. I had a wonderful opportunity to hear Dave Odom speak this morning. For those of you who don’t know (like me before this AM), he’s a highly successful, now retired college basketball coach from North Carolina. Now, I don’t follow basketball, which is probably considered blasphemous in this part of the country, but I am interested in great coaching. We all ask questions– what, where, who, how, why, etc. We know this. What we don’t always recognize is that we also pose a fundamental question behind the questions. This is one reason that five people can consider the same situation considering the (mostly) same variables and generate five distinct solutions. Some of these people will wonder why the others don’t see what they see. The Q Model helps explain why that is. This is the follow up post to Defining a Long Term Plan and answers the other part of the question of how I stay motivated to train. Motivation is a funny beast that takes on a different forms for different people. An individual’s personality– their unique combination of drives, motives, preferences and avoidances– tell the story of what keeps them motivated. There’s no better tool than Human Patterns to measure these preferences and interests, so let’s use the tool to help explain what and why people are motivated. I was asked recently how I stay motivated to train followed with the question of whether I have a year long plan. My immediate response to the query was overly complicated and unhelpful Alicia-ese. I said “…that I’m committed to life long fitness balanced against continual performance optimization. I create shorter term goals that play off of my personality characteristics to motivate me to achieve these ends.” Super. How about I try and write something that makes some sense to people who speak English? The simplistic answer is yes, I do have a year long plan, but that doesn’t even begin to answer the first question about staying motivated nor does it tell you where my year long plan comes from. No, no clients yet. Of course, I’ve done very little business development. Instead, I’ve been struggling with the message of what PerforMentor is all about. I still have more plans for adding to the PerforMentor service offerings that will roll out over the coming months, but I think I’m at a place with the message that I can live with. Religion, along with politics and other unmentionables, is generally accepted as one of those topics to avoid in order to reduce interpersonal conflict. Seems like a good rule of thumb for my blog, since I’m not seeking to alienate people, particularly in light of the aura of mild intimidation that I’m told I convey. I don’t mean to unnerve others, but it must happen because I’ve been hearing that scoop for a long time. I have my theories about why that is, but that’s a different post. This post, inspired by an article I read in the local paper, is about trends in religion. Zing! I know that most who frequent this blog won’t be terribly interested in this topic, but I’m aware of at least a few who might. Caveats stated, now I’ll bravely continue. |
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