The New Crop: Issue #41
Santa's unexpected entrance + everyone is your teacher + the 4 M's of motivation
What’s in this issue:
💭 Thought: Everyone is your teacher
😆 Today’s Laugh
What an entrance!
💭 Today’s Thought
“Everyone and everything around you is your teacher.”
- Ken Keyes
I’m a big believer that everything happens for a reason. Sure, I might not be happy about everything that happens in my life, but even the dark moments have a purpose.
What might you notice if you slowed down every once in a while — even in really trying times — to ask, What do the people and experiences around me have to teach me? What lessons might I need to learn?
When I ask this of myself now, here’s what comes to mind:
My oldest daughter: self-acceptance; patience; how to express affection
My youngest daughter: how to go with the flow; that you can have a profound impact on people just by “being” a certain way rather than doing or solving something
My son: how to be endlessly curious; how to play
My husband: no matter what’s going on, there’s always a place for laughter; how to be a good teacher; how to always put family first
My worst boss ever: how to speak with confidence; that it’s not worth compromising my values to please someone else
My piano teacher: it’s OK to mess up in front of someone
What comes to mind for you? What (if anything) do you become aware of if you reflect on this for yourself?
Everyone and everything is our teacher, as long as we’re willing to be a student.
🖊️ Today’s Reflection
If you’re new to journaling, I highly encourage you to read Nancy Adler’s article: Want to be an outstanding leader? Keep a journal.
This week, find a quiet place and gift yourself 10 minutes to reflect on any of these prompts (or invent your own!):
Make a list of the people you interacted with today. What’s one thing that each of them can teach you? Bonus: can you share this with each of them?
Make a list of the experiences that stand out to you from the past year. What’s one lesson hidden for you in each of those experiences?
In what situations or relationships could you open yourself up more to being a student?
📚 Today’s Read
The 4 M’s of Sustainable Team Motivation
Joey Ruse introduces four key motivators of team and individual performance: Meaning, Money, Momentum, and Mutual Respect. He goes on to say, “None of these traits can individually sustain motivation, and indexing on only two of them eventually leads to the type of questions listed outside the Venn diagram above. Three or more, though, and the positives outweigh the negatives to mentally lean into the team’s purpose.” Read on to learn how to balance these motivators for yourself, and for your team.
See you next week!
xo,
Anne
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