Posted on 28 July 2010. Tags: 1996 Summer Olympics, Humorist, Motivational speaker, public speaking, THE UN COMFORT ZONE, young athlete
Status is an esteem need, and the symbols that accompany it are recognition for our achievements. However, as long as those status symbols remain important to us, then we haven’t mastered that area of our lives. It is when we are in our comfort zone that the achievement is secure.
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Posted on 25 May 2010. Tags: Attaboy, community association, humorous, motivational speech, public speaker, THE UN COMFORT ZONE, Toastmaster
Recognition doesn’t have to be tangible to be effective. A clap on the back, a verbal “Good Job!” in front of peers and co-workers, or a blurb in the company newsletter works too. Even so, nothing works quite as long or as powerfully as something hard and shiny with a name engraved on it.
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Posted on 18 March 2010. Tags: Book, chickens, communicating, motivational, Opinion/Comment, Robert Wilson, speaker, THE UN COMFORT ZONE
When you discover someone’s passion, you have discovered what motivates them. And, that is the key to communicating with them in the most productive way possible.
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Posted in Features, Self Improvement, The Un-Comfort Zone
Posted on 24 December 2009. Tags: Examined Life, Francis Bacon, Greek, Humorist, INTERNATIONAL, Mexican restaurant, philosopher, Robert Wilson, school Spanish, Socrates, speak English, The Afro News, THE UN COMFORT ZONE
What motivated us? Knowledge. We made the same discovery that led Sir Francis Bacon to make his famous quote in 1597, “Knowledge is power.” We were empowered by what we had learned, and it gave us the confidence to take a risk we would never have taken before.
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Posted in Miscellaneous, Self Improvement, The Un-Comfort Zone