THE HEART OF THE MATTER
LOVE THE WORK YOU’RE IN…
…For Your Physical Health. In Dr. Deepak Chopra’s book, Magical Mind, Magical Body, he shares, “Did you know that when you can say, ‘I love my work,’ you reduce your risk of heart disease?” A study done by the Massachusetts HEW investigating the cause of heart disease asked participants two questions: Are you happy? Do you love your work? The results indicated that those who answered yes have a better chance of not getting heart disease.
Question: Do you love your work?
…For you Financial Health. In Getting Rich Your Own Way, 1500 people were divided into two groups and took part in a longitudinal study that spanned 20 years. The designation of groupings was based on how people selected careers. 83% selected careers based on the opportunity to make the most money possible. 17% chose careers based on what they loved and wanted to do. At the end of 20 years 101 of the 1500 had become multi-millionaires. Of the 101 millionaires, 100 were from the 17% that selected a career based on what they loved to do.
Question: Why do you work?
…For Healthy Relationships. Most of us can recall taking a bad day on the job home with us. The quality of both our personal and professional relationships is impacted by the attitude we hold toward the work we do. If you cannot work with love but only with distaste, you will do yourself and others a service to leave the position you’re in.
Question: Do you enjoy high quality personal and professional relationships?
In a survey supervisors were asked to rank the importance of ten motivators for their employees. Employees were then asked to rank the same list in order of what they most wanted from their supervisors. The following is the list of what employees wanted most and the list of what their supervisors thought they wanted.
Employees
Appreciation
Feeling “in” on things
Understanding attitude
Job security
Good wages
Interesting work
Promotion opportunities
Loyalty from management
Good working conditions
Tactful discipline
Supervisors
Good wages
Job security
Promotion opportunities
Good working conditions
Interesting work
Loyalty from management
Tactful discipline
Appreciation
Understanding attitude
Feeling “in” on things
Question: Is anybody paying attention?
A HOMERUN FOR THE HEART
Reggie Jackson once shared, “I’ll tell you what makes a great manager: A great manager has a knack for making ballplayers think they are better than they think they are. He forces you to have a good opinion of yourself. He lets you know he believes in you. He makes you get more out of yourself. And once you learn how good you really are, you never settle for playing anything less that your very best!”
Question: Are you hitting homeruns?
LOVE THE WORK YOU’RE IN…
…For Your Physical Health. In Dr. Deepak Chopra’s book, Magical Mind, Magical Body, he shares, “Did you know that when you can say, ‘I love my work,’ you reduce your risk of heart disease?” A study done by the Massachusetts HEW investigating the cause of heart disease asked participants two questions: Are you happy? Do you love your work? The results indicated that those who answered yes have a better chance of not getting heart disease.
Question: Do you love your work?
…For you Financial Health. In Getting Rich Your Own Way, 1500 people were divided into two groups and took part in a longitudinal study that spanned 20 years. The designation of groupings was based on how people selected careers. 83% selected careers based on the opportunity to make the most money possible. 17% chose careers based on what they loved and wanted to do. At the end of 20 years 101 of the 1500 had become multi-millionaires. Of the 101 millionaires, 100 were from the 17% that selected a career based on what they loved to do.
Question: Why do you work?
…For Healthy Relationships. Most of us can recall taking a bad day on the job home with us. The quality of both our personal and professional relationships is impacted by the attitude we hold toward the work we do. If you cannot work with love but only with distaste, you will do yourself and others a service to leave the position you’re in.
Question: Do you enjoy high quality personal and professional relationships?
WHAT PEOPLE WANT
In a survey supervisors were asked to rank the importance of ten motivators for their employees. Employees were then asked to rank the same list in order of what they most wanted from their supervisors. The following is the list of what employees wanted most and the list of what their supervisors thought they wanted.
Employees
Appreciation
Feeling “in” on things
Understanding attitude
Job security
Good wages
Interesting work
Promotion opportunities
Loyalty from management
Good working conditions
Tactful discipline
Supervisors
Good wages
Job security
Promotion opportunities
Good working conditions
Interesting work
Loyalty from management
Tactful discipline
Appreciation
Understanding attitude
Feeling “in” on things
Question: Is anybody paying attention?
A HOMERUN FOR THE HEART
Reggie Jackson once shared, “I’ll tell you what makes a great manager: A great manager has a knack for making ballplayers think they are better than they think they are. He forces you to have a good opinion of yourself. He lets you know he believes in you. He makes you get more out of yourself. And once you learn how good you really are, you never settle for playing anything less that your very best!”
Question: Are you hitting homeruns?
1 comments:
This is so very true! I love it. Heck, Charlie Crist makes the same comment often in regards to the 2 ears & 1 mouth!
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