Motivation and inspiration energize people, not by pushing them in the right direction as control mechanisms do but by satisfying basic human needs for achievement, a sense of belonging, recognition, self-esteem, a feeling of control over one's life, and the ability to live up to one's ideals. Such feelings touch us deeply and elicit a powerful response.
Without conviction that you can make change happen, you will not act, even if you see the vision. Your feelings will hold you back.
Changing behavior is less a matter of giving people analysis to influence their thoughts than helping them to see a truth to influence their feelings.
Great leaders understand that historical success tends to produce stable and inwardly focused organizations, and these outfits, in turn, reinforce a feeling of contentment with the status quo.
Motivation is not a thinking word; it's a feeling word.
People change what they do less because they are given an analysis that shifts their thinking than because they are shown a truth that influences their feelings.
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