Disney Employee Engagement Speaker
Five daily blogs about life's 5 big choices on five different sites.
Lane 8 is the worst lane. The slowest competitor is placed there. You know this already.
There is an art to being in Lane 8.
Huh? Exactly.
Although it doesn’t seem so, striving for (metaphorically) Lane 8 is really impossible.
Getting healthy and staying healthy, until we die, is really quite impossible too.
Or is it? There is an art to not quitting, not giving up, no matter what.
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:
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.
Did you exercise yesterday?
Did you eat mostly healthy food?
Do you plan on doing it again today?
Excellent.
If you answered no to the questions, today’s another day.
If not you, who? If not today, when?
Are you getting this? Or is it getting old?
If it’s getting old, so are you.
Who is going to motivate you to reach your goals?
We really have to give serious attention to this question.
It’s what’s known as a non-negotiable question.
You must have an answer or you will fail.
Period.
Why must we have an answer?
Because things will get difficult.
And difficulty will happen repeatedly.
Over and over again. Until we die.
The antidote?
Find a million ways.
Let’s shake it up a little bit today. You good with that? Good. Let’s go back to this past summer.
Here’s the scene. Early August, 2009. Sunny, clear, 70 degrees.
Finland.
Master’s Track & Field 2009 World Championships. Men’s 400 meters, 70-74 year old age group.
Enter a German man.
Click here to see the secret this “old man” reveals about getting and staying healthy.
PS. If you are too busy to follow this and invest two more minutes, please go look in the mirror and say something like, “I really do want to get healthy and stay healthy, but I just really don’t want to work very hard at it.”