Practical Motivations
Your practical guide to success and personal development through powerful daily motivations
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“The most basic of all human needs is the need to understand and be understood. The best way to understand people is to listen to them.” Ralph Nichols
“Dad, can I talk to you about something really important?”
“Go right ahead. I’m listening,” (fidgets with his new cool phone, trying to figure out his way through the menus, eyes intently on the screen).
“It’s about my grades…”
“What did you do this time?! Do you realize how…”
“Dad, I haven’t said anything yet. My grades are fine except for one that really needs work. Do you mind if I spend the night over at Ben’s with a couple of classmates to…”
“Slack it off while your grades are falling like the Dow did yesterday? We’ve just lost a significant amount of savings, part of which is your college fund and now you’re thinking of having a cool time with your good-for-nothing friends?!”
“Sigh!” (Looks at his dad’s phone) “Cool toy, must have cost you a fortune.”
“Huh? Oh, well, yeah! It’s cool. I can access the Internet and stuff. Makes me do a lot of things anytime, anywhere…yada! Yada! Yada…”
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“If A equals success, then the formula is A equals X plus Y and Z, with X being work, Y play, and Z keeping your mouth shut.” Albert Einstein
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“Yada! Yada! Yada! What? No, it’s this and that! No, no, no, no, no, no! Yada! Yada! Yada! Say what? Oh, you could have told me that early on…”
It’s an all too familiar situation…People come for advice and all we do is talk more than hearing them out. We hear what they say, assume something, formulate our advice, and interrupt with our point of view. Afterwards, we feel good about ourselves thinking, “Hey, I told him something. I’m good. That should fix his problem.” The other guy went away, without feeling even a bit listened to.
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