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Dear Glenn,
Which is a stronger method of getting your expectations
heard... rewarding those who meet the expectations, or disciplining the staff who fall short?
Frustrated in Iowa
Dear
Frustrated,
This is what psychologists call the great Pain or Gain
Debate.
The average human will do more to avoid pain than to
gain pleasure.
This is why employees who don't respond to positive
incentives like bonuses, raises, and promotions, will
respond to the threat of getting fired.
Of course, you don't want to use disincentives and
punishment as your primary motivators.
So you have to use both. Reward the good
behavior, and punish the bad.
Thanks for your question.
Glenn in Nashville, TN
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Last Sunday was a day that will
live forever in the hearts of the “Who Dat Nation” (New Orleans
Saints fans), but it was one that everyone should be
celebrating.
As I wrote in
How to
Be the Employee Your Company Can’t Live Without, too
many people let a deadly disease called “Little Man Syndrome”
destroy their ambition, confidence, and willingness to even try
to better their lives.
If it were possible for an entire
city to have Little Man Syndrome, New Orleans would have been a
prime candidate.
Even before Hurricane Katrina
wreaked havoc on New Orleans in 2005, its unemployment rate was
almost 12 percent, the poverty rate was 23 percent, and median
family incomes were only two-thirds of the national average.
The Saints were so bad (they went
for 20 years without a winning season), fans wore paper bags
over their heads and began calling them “The Aint’s”.
Then in 2006, their savior arrived.
It wasn’t the government.
It wasn’t the millions of dollars people donated to hurricane
victims.
It wasn’t the armies of volunteers who came to rebuild houses.
It was an NFL quarterback that had
been “dissed” by the world of football for being relatively
short for his position, having a perceived lack of arm strength,
and was considered by some to be all washed up because of a
shoulder injury.
His name was Drew Brees, and he
had a chance to sign with the elite Miami Dolphins. But he
resented Miami’s arrogance and how they treated him like a
“Little Man”.
Instead, he signed with the lowly
Saints, which
turned out the be the best job he
could have taken.
New Orleans needed Brees as much
as he needed them, and a marriage made in heaven was born.
As Brees led the Saints to a
turnaround on the field, he also led the community in its
recovery from Katrina with his volunteer work and generosity in
giving.
For the first time in years, New
Orleans residents not only had something to cheer about, but
they actually had something the rest of the country envied.
Despite the Saints’ success,
almost everyone else in football expected the mighty
Indianapolis Colts to win the Superbowl. And that’s
understandable, considering that Colts quarterback Peyton
Manning is considered by some to be the greatest quarterback to
ever play the game.
Throughout the first quarter, the
Colts walked all over the underdog Saints, who looked headed to
slaughter.
But then “it” happened, almost
poetically, as the nation watched.
The Saints came back from a
10-point deficit to win, tying for the largest comeback in
Superbowl history.
“Little Man” Drew Brees tied
Glamour Boy Tom Brady for the most passes ever completed in a
Superbowl, and was named MVP.
But perhaps the greatest irony was
where Brees made Superbowl history – in Miami, the city that
treated him like a nobody.
As one sportscaster put it,
“Hell has frozen over, monkeys are flying, and the Saints are
the Superbowl champions”.
No Hollywood writer could write a
more inspiring story, and no motivational speaker could tell a
more motivational tale.
No matter what you do, success is
not the result of luck or sheer talent. It's the result of hard
work and perseverance.
As Drew Brees said, “You just
continue to believe that you’ll find a way to win”.
What great words to live by.
Dedicated To Your Success,
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P.S. My condolences to all you Colts fans. My
father-in-law in Muncie was devastated, too.
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