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In a Wichita State University survey, employees rated a manager’s “thanks” as THE MOST motivational incentive of all. Unfortunately, 58% of the employees said they rarely received a personal thank you. From the employees’ points of view, their managers were takers. They took their employee’s efforts but didn’t give much recognition in return. Author Dr. J. Allan Peterson discovered that …
As a former professor, as a present-day author and professional speaker, I’ve spent my entire adult life studying people. One of the biggest questions I have tried to answer is why some people are winners, while others are whiners. I think I’ve found some of the answers. And the difference has almost nothing to do with a person’s genes, gender, …
Professor Eugene Kennedy said, “There may be nothing sadder than people who spend their lives talking about what might have been.” He’s right. His observation about purpose correlates perfectly with the research. Dr. Richard Leider interviewed scores of people over the age of 65 to discover the key lessons they had learned. There were three lessons that invariably led to …
One time when my daughter Rachel was about five years old, we were playing the Candy Land game. And as luck would have it, she lost five games in a row. But that didn’t faze her. Whenever she would lose, she would clap her hands, and say, “Yay, Dad. You won. You won.” I couldn’t figure out her reaction, because …
