Discover the Secrets of Motivation! Presented by Rob Straby , M.A. www.LifeWorks-By-Design.com

Goals: Agenda: To understand w hat motivate s a human being to act To experiment with an approach for discovering what motivates a person What is motivation? Exercise: Identifying your truest values Questions

To understand w hat motivate s a human being to act

To experiment with an approach for discovering what motivates a person

What is motivation?

Exercise: Identifying your truest values

Questions

Just What Is Motivation ? Determines how we use our time Unconscious and abstract (fuzzy) systems that drive our purpose as a human being Govern ALL human behaviour How we judge good & bad, right & wrong, etc. Key criteria we use to e valu at e how we have used our time It’s about our “Values”!

Determines how we use our time

Unconscious and abstract (fuzzy) systems that drive our purpose as a human being

Govern ALL human behaviour

How we judge good & bad, right & wrong, etc.

Key criteria we use to e valu at e how we have used our time

It’s about our “Values”!

Values are Hierarchical Lower level values lead to higher level values Instrumental ( means) values lead to terminal ( ends) values The more an activity invokes all of one’s values, the greater the motivation! Sample of Work Values: Community People Expertise Competence Justice Fairness

Lower level values lead to higher level values

Instrumental ( means) values lead to terminal ( ends) values

The more an activity invokes all of one’s values, the greater the motivation!

Sample of Work Values:

Community

People

Expertise

Competence

Justice

Fairness

Kathy’s Career Motivators Challenge! Service and dedication Financial security Autonomy and independence Quality of care and service Teamwork Details matter

Challenge!

Service and dedication

Financial security

Autonomy and independence

Quality of care and service

Teamwork

Details matter

Discovering Your Motivators What’s important to you about your career ? This can apply to any context , e.g. Business / Career Relationships Health & fitness Family Personal Growth

What’s important to you about your career ?

This can apply to any context , e.g.

Business / Career

Relationships

Health & fitness

Family

Personal Growth

Values Clarification Steps: Number the values according to their importance: “Of the values you identified, which is most important?” “Assuming you have (list values already chosen), is ___ or ___ more important to you?” “Assuming you have ___ (list values already chosen), if you couldn't have ___ but you could have ___, would that be OK?”

Number the values according to their importance:

“Of the values you identified, which is most important?”

“Assuming you have (list values already chosen), is ___ or ___ more important to you?”

“Assuming you have ___ (list values already chosen), if you couldn't have ___ but you could have ___, would that be OK?”

Values Clarification Steps: Continue numbering the values according to their importance. Rewrite the list of values according to their importance. Assess amount of time currently spent fulfilling values versus desired time Develop action plan to fulfill values Look over the list daily, test all of your pursuits against it!

Continue numbering the values according to their importance.

Rewrite the list of values according to their importance.

Assess amount of time currently spent fulfilling values versus desired time

Develop action plan to fulfill values

Look over the list daily, test all of your pursuits against it!

Summary Points The key is to focus on: What the individual really wants What they care about What uniquely matters to them What this looks like in behaviour What they can do to get some of it now All of these together create a highly motivated client

The key is to focus on:

What the individual really wants

What they care about

What uniquely matters to them

What this looks like in behaviour

What they can do to get some of it now

All of these together create a highly motivated client