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Motivation
5 things that could cause a girl’s motivation level to slip from marvellous to miserable when travelling around the country, running training courses:
• Waking in the early hours to discover an intruder at the end of your hotel bed…which, on closer inspection turns out to be life sized cardboard cut-out of Lenny Henry, which you hadn’t noticed when you’d wearily slumped into bed at midnight on arrival.
• Washing your hair in ‘soft’ water when you’re used to the hard water of the south – leaving you looking like Toyah in the 80s.
• Trying to tame said hair using a hairdryer attached to a desk with a cord which does not allow you to stand anywhere near a mirror.
• Discovering there is no iron or ironing board in the room and that ‘all the boards are out’ when you call reception.
• Realising that you’ve left your new boots at home and that the only footwear you have to accompany your smart black suit are gold FitFlops or your brown Uggs.
5 things you can do to ensure you stay on top of your game when this happens:
• Switch on the radio and do your best Cameron Diaz impression to Mr Brightside. Works every time.
• Cover Lenny’s eyes with a spare pair of knickers before you get in the shower. A girl must preserve her modesty.
• Be thankful you are in Liverpool, where big hair is the order of the day.
• Ask the reception clerk whether the ‘boards’ are out at a ‘board meeting’ and laugh at your own joke, even if he doesn’t.
• Rock your City Girl meets Glasto look with confidence when you arrive at the training room and pretend it’s a new London style trend.
We can let negative experiences affect the quality of our day / life / work or we can choose not to let them get to us. When things aren’t going well, it’s easy to blame external influences. The fact is, however, we always have a choice about how to react. Motivation and confidence come from within.
If your team is behaving as if they’re having a permanently bad hair day, let us help you get them thinking differently; to break the cycle of negativity. Take a look at our course in Staff Motivation, or give us a call.
