Comments on: Finding the Strength to Lace Em Up Everyday http://wordsforhirellc.com/blog/2008/04/24/finding-the-strength-to-lace-em-up-everyday/ Business, Marketing, Social Media Sun, 20 Nov 2011 08:25:06 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Karen Swim http://wordsforhirellc.com/blog/2008/04/24/finding-the-strength-to-lace-em-up-everyday/comment-page-1/#comment-10758 Karen Swim Wed, 07 Jan 2009 17:31:21 +0000 http://wordsforhirellc.com/blog/?p=80#comment-10758 ROFL! I can only imagine how they felt getting smoked by the guy who seemingly had nothing to gain. LOL! Good for you Luke! ROFL! I can only imagine how they felt getting smoked by the guy who seemingly had nothing to gain. LOL! Good for you Luke!

]]> By: Luke Gedeon http://wordsforhirellc.com/blog/2008/04/24/finding-the-strength-to-lace-em-up-everyday/comment-page-1/#comment-10742 Luke Gedeon Wed, 07 Jan 2009 01:34:06 +0000 http://wordsforhirellc.com/blog/?p=80#comment-10742 My most successful motivator has been public accountability. For example, several years ago, 6-8 of my coworkers started a weight-loss office-pool. Each person contributed $20 and the person who was most consistent in meeting their weight-loss goals and exercising regularly for 6 months won the prize. This sounded too much like betting for my taste, so I asked the organizer if I could be a non-cash participant. They talked among themselves and agreed that I could put no money in but I would get no money out and my scores would be tracked with the rest of them. Everybody in the group made a point of telling me that I did not have a chance because I had no cash motivation. Talk about awesome motivation! Tell me I can't do something only if you want to guarantee that I will! I even beat my own stretch goals and blew everyone else out of the water! I had a point to prove and the gauntlet had been thrown. My most successful motivator has been public accountability. For example, several years ago, 6-8 of my coworkers started a weight-loss office-pool. Each person contributed $20 and the person who was most consistent in meeting their weight-loss goals and exercising regularly for 6 months won the prize.

This sounded too much like betting for my taste, so I asked the organizer if I could be a non-cash participant. They talked among themselves and agreed that I could put no money in but I would get no money out and my scores would be tracked with the rest of them.

Everybody in the group made a point of telling me that I did not have a chance because I had no cash motivation. Talk about awesome motivation! Tell me I can’t do something only if you want to guarantee that I will!

I even beat my own stretch goals and blew everyone else out of the water! I had a point to prove and the gauntlet had been thrown.

]]> By: Words For Hire http://wordsforhirellc.com/blog/2008/04/24/finding-the-strength-to-lace-em-up-everyday/comment-page-1/#comment-247 Words For Hire Sun, 27 Apr 2008 22:16:00 +0000 http://wordsforhirellc.com/blog/?p=80#comment-247 Hi Robyn! I love your idea of small rewards along the way. We humans do seem hard wired for reward-response, don't we? ;-) Thank you for the motivation this week! It will be much easier to stay on track when a reward awaits me at the end!<br/><br/>Karen Hi Robyn! I love your idea of small rewards along the way. We humans do seem hard wired for reward-response, don’t we? ;-) Thank you for the motivation this week! It will be much easier to stay on track when a reward awaits me at the end!

Karen

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