How often to you consciously focus on your health?
Alright, let me ask it this way. How often do you think about work? About all the things that need to be done. About whether or not you are doing a good job or a great job?
How often?
Do you see where this is going?
Why is diet and exercise any different than work?
If you had a few rare moments where the daily pressure and stress weren’t about to crush you, and you could think calmly and intelligently about your health, what would you think about?
Last night I experimented with a WordPress front page “sticky post”. This allows bloggers to indefinitely keep a certain blog post as the very first post. Like a sticky note.
If it works, regular Lane 8 readers will see the same “Welcome to Lane 8” post indefinitely. This is really for first time readers to give them a quick look at what Lane 8 is about. All you’ll have to do is simply scroll past it each time you visit, to get the daily Lane 8 post.
Do you experiment? At work? At home? With your diet? With your exercise routine? With your rest? With your motivation?
We all know that experimentation and creativity are the keys to innovation. What grade do you give yourself for practicing what you preach?
As we heard yesterday, humans need a million reasons (fuel) to stay motivated with their health and wellness goals. It would be great if the motivation we so desperately need could also be found at our workplace.
However, even if our companies offer health and wellness programs, odds are, in reality, few will take action.
Does your organization have wellness programs and initiatives?
Do they:
Inspire you?
Motivate you?
Reward you?
Make a difference for you?
How well do they work?
Been thinking about a reader’s question, “How to keep employees healthy in an unhealthy environment?”
The bottom line reason people aren’t motivated is because they haven’t found a personal, compelling reason.
And, the personal, compelling reason is different for each of us. Common themes to be sure, but different personal reasons.
Try some of these on for size:
Be the change.
Action not words.
Do it for someone else.
Lead by example.
Are you an example or a warning?
Fear of regret is greater than fear of failure.
Take personal responsibility.
The greatest fear is the fear of living.
Live, before you die.
Your people are not using the tools you provide because no one wants to work hard. Every company struggles with this. Programs do not address root issues – motivation, barriers, fear.
The reason no one wants to work hard is because they are not motivated enough. They are looking in the wrong places for motivation.
They should not look in the mirror. They should look in their heart, which a mirror does not recognize.
These are the “sound bite” summary ideas around a reader’s question. Thought it would benefit everyone.
But it probably will only benefit a few, the ones who know that the mirror is the enemy.
