Sources of motivation at work

As an adage goes, all fingers of one hand are not the same, similary no two individuals think in the same manner. One may not have some opinion on a matter as other.

So, while handling a team, we better understand what are the source of motivation for each in there. One source motivation may not be so high degree of motivation to other or may mean nothing at all to another.

For any employee or member to service beyond call of the duty, there certainly has to be a source of motivation. I mean like a yummy cheese cake to a child. And these cheese cake demands varies from one to one.
Appraisals/Bonus: Only money means me and nothing else. I dont care whether you appreciate or give me a onsite oppurtunity or give me long speeches. I just need money and only with that you can expect me to work in more & more effecient way. Some people may call him a mean fellow, but not me. I dont find it completely wrong in this. After all, at the end of the day, we work for money and for our living. So, whats wrong? But, one should be cautious that he doesn't cross the thin line of selfishness.

Public Appreciation: Some are so obsessive of the point that, just mere appreciation satisfies them and motivates them. When some are satisfied with just appreciation, some individuals may not be easy to go with demands public appreciation. This is very typical of any human being.

Better career oppurtunities: Aspirations vary from individual to individual and also for the same individual from time to time. Better career opps means a better role, or an onsite oppurtunity or better work environment etc. This completely depends on family conditions and personal situations.

Motivational speeches: I believe, this is the least effective of all above. Mostly these speeches help to achieve the extra mile in crucial times but not always. I better keep these for some other day. But, we generally witness those in cases like, when the project is shelved or you are moved to on-bench or passing through some thin times. When the management talks and starts with these, realize, we are screwed or at the edge of a cliff.

Responsibility: Responsibility is very important for all employees. Unless until you make them responsible for some deliveries or you explicitly tell them ,"Hey...I count on you this time!!", they are not going to get the required motivation.

Love your Kidney -- It's as important as your Heart

It's World Kidney Day. Do you love your kidney? Do you know the purpose of Kidneys in our body? How to service them regularly? I may not sound sensible to some people who have a healthy kidney and never come across people who have a kidney problem.

You can google on the purpose kidneys and you will know the importance of them. Do you service them regularly? What i mean is this,

 

Watch the complete series of videos from Sri. Dr. Manthena Satyanaraya Raju. It may not take more than a couple of hours, but still, its a very educative video which can change your thinking about the intake of water and the advantages of drinking water in the right quantity which can keep our kidneys healthy.

So, on this World Kidney Day, take oath that we will do the needful actions to keep our kidney healthy and thus have a happy living. An adage says, "You will not come to know the importance of peace of mind until you loose it", so lets not wait till we loose our peace of mind and get struck with any such health problems.

Roadies Passion....!!

I like watching this show. But not mad of this it. But i track the happenings right from the auditions to the finale. Realistic, may be scripted, but who cares as far it entertains me. In all these days, seeing the crowds for auditions and all i used to think, "After all its just a tv show!!"

But after watching this guy, Aniket's Roadies X audition, my view on this show has changed. This guys has given auditions for Roadies since its second season. i.e. Roadies 2, Roadies 3, Roadies 4, Roadies 5, Roadies 6, Roadies 7, Roadies 8, Roadies 9 and now Roadies X. Though he didnt get to be a roadie but hats off to this fellow for his perseverance despite of all the failures!!!

For me its just a show. But for somebody this may be a passion to be there. How a person can become so so so passionate about anything like this guy?

His words, "Yeh show kya hain. Woh toh bol dho? " really touched me.

Generally bullshitting Raghu sounds sensible with this argument. But only one thing, just because of his age, and his failures in the past 8 auditions ignoring him is kinda of wrong. He should have atleast tried checking with him their regular audition tricks and all.