motivation
Blogging dry spell…
Everyone has them, it’s hard to always be inspired to blog. January has been busy for me and I have been stumped this past week. Trying to find my inspiration today, I came across a great article from a fellow virtual assistant, Karri Flatla, and recommend it to anyone who is having their own dry spell. She has some great tips in there.
This is a short post… as I am off to work on the 12 step program Karri details in her article.
Great advice for anyone …
I ran into a situation the other day, where I decided that I would not make a request to someone I do business with. We only recently began working together and I felt – in my mind – that what I was looking for was too much to ask for and too soon. It’s the Canadian in me… we can be very complacent, I’m told.
Funny enough…a few days later, through one of our conversations, this person offered up exactly what I had been looking for. It was by chance. Once it was out there; I told her that I would love it and that I had been contemplating asking her the same thing, but decided not to …the bit of advice she gave me was:
The answer is always no until you ask! The worst answer you will get is no, which leaves you at the same spot…odds are, you’ll get an answer to push you further towards your goals in life.
Great advice from a great business woman! Something I will definitely keep in mind as I continue on my path of running a successful Virtual Assistant business.
What motivates you?
My son and I started a training class tonight – with our dog, Lola. My sister bought the lessons for him for his birthday; the intent being to be able to join an Agility Class once they finish the fundamental class. Lola loves to run and we all thought getting her in a group that runs through tunnels and over ramps would be great fun.
The trainer, Aimée, from Fetch Inc. had some words of wisdom regarding motivation that I had never thought about before. Money or food – Like most of us, the dogs in the class have a motivator for doing the skills she was introducing, the food treats we had all brought for our dogs for rewards.
Her example was simple – most people are motivated by money to work – dogs can be best motivated by food. Aimée said she loves her job, but if she were not getting her paycheck, chances are less she would continue to go to work every day. The money is her reward for her work.
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