We’ve all seen the motivational/inspirational postings on
Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram. Or if you go old school, there’s always
the motivational posters hung in the conference rooms and common
areas. Feeling motivated yet? Doubt it. While there’s an
endless number of extrinsic motivating factors in today’s world, I contend the
vast majority of them are just white noise. None of them motivate/inspire
you to actually take action. Why? My experience is that motivation
generally comes from within. The motivational postings may give you a
warm and fuzzy for a few seconds or look nice on a wall, but that’s about
it. The demotivation posters, on the other hand, are hilarious. Art
meets Dilbert. So what’s left? Plenty.
Instead of coming at it from a motivational standpoint, let’s try the
self-awareness angle.
