Motivation or Inspiration – Simple but NOT Easy

Motivational Games – UHG! Eeeuw… Whenever I was in a call center or on a sales team, I just hated the GAMES. I would laugh at them because if they didn’t have an instant reward, I didn’t want to play. They would have games that lasted a year….WHAT? I can’t remember yesterday and I have a target that is due tomorrow. How can I play an annual game?

Then there are games that push you toward results. They are funny, too. I want results but I want them now as well. Later never works for me. Then they even have games that let you win a trip to Hawaii if you are the raffle winner. WHAT? I don’t want the raffle ticket, I want the bungalow on the sandy shore, listening to the waves all night.

Then there are the TEAM games, boy, oh, boy, did I NOT fit in or what? I just didn’t want to play any game that was predicated upon someone else getting their number of sales or customer service stats… I am not a team player that way, do I need a shrink? Is there something wrong with me that I don’t like to play on the team? I want to WIN but Joe over there is not pulling his weight. Do I have to pull his weight as well as mine or I am Not A GOOD PERSON, A TEAM PLAYER?

Over the years, I have learned that Motivation is a Science because different people are motivated by different things. I don’t want a pink Cadillac or a massage, I don’t want a raffle ticket for the I-Pad, I want the I-Pad. I don’t want a trip to Hawaii, I want to take my “honey” first class on a cruise to the Bahamas. I don’t want a dollar for every time I get a YES…I want to be in front of the room addressing the entire company about how I made it this far and what I did with the MONEY I earned. I want to be acknowledged for how smart and right I am. Period!