The Key to Motivation and being Motivated
By Brian Tracy

Your Real Goal
For your program to be a success, you need to get and stay motivated. One good way to accomplish this is to keep your workout partner motivated and focused, so they can help keep accountable as well. Your goal then is to become a transformational leader, the kind of person that motivates and inspires people to perform at levels far beyond anything that they had previously thought possible.

Keep People In The Know
Transformational leaders empower others by keeping them "in the know," by keeping them fully informed on everything that effects their jobs. People want and need to feel that they are "insiders," that they are aware of everything that is going on. There is nothing so demoralizing to a staff member than to be kept in the dark about their work and what is going on in the company.

Give Regular Feedback
One empowering behavior practiced is regular feedback on performance and results. People need to know how they're doing so they can improve if performance is below standards and so that they can be proud of their successes. The more feedback you give to people, the better it is, as long as the feedback is objective and not critical. My friend, Ken Blanchard, says that, "Positive feedback is the breakfast of champions."

Be Generous with Praise
Be generous with your praise and encouragement. Remember, people are the only asset that can be made to appreciate in value by giving them warmth, respect, approval and by creating a climate of positive expectations.

Action Exercises
Here are two things you can do for motivation immediately to put these ideas into action in your work.

First, hold weekly meetings with your workout partner to share ideas that worked for each other, discuss challenges or obstacles to overcome (such as sugar cravings) plan upcoming workouts together, document progress made, etc.

Second, continually look for opportunities to give positive feedback, praise and encouragement. People need praise and encouragement like roses need rain and sunshine. Take very opportunity to make people feel better about themselves and their work, and they will reciprocate, which can be very motivating to you both.

This tip was provided by GlobalFitness.com

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