78. Motivation: What We Learned From Daniel Pink - Part 1

At the end of the day, we all want to go to bed at night knowing we performed at our best…and every morning we should be motivated to perform at an even higher level than the day before. But what actually gives us this type of motivation? In this two-part series, we hope to answer that question and more.  Hit play to hear our deep dive conversation on the topic of all things “motivation!” Today's episode is actually inspired by a keynote speech Dr. Ram heard recently at a conference. The speech was called “5 ways of increasing performance amongst yourself or, and those you work with” by entrepreneurs and author Daniel Pink.  The speech was so inspiring Dr. Ram took pages of notes during the presentation and started implementing Pink’s wisdom with his own team. Obviously, we knew he had to bring this level of gold to the podcast for you!  If you have never heard of Daniel Pink before, he's actually the author of five New York Times bestselling books. Some of his titles you might have heard of is called The Power of Regret (his latest book.)  Other titles include, When: The Scientific Secrets of Perfect Timing, To Tell is Human: The Surprising Truth About Moving Others, Drive: The Surprising Truth About What Motivates Us, and more!  He's also had his own show called Crowd Control on the National Geographic channel, he has been featured on PBS, ABC, and CNN, and he has a Ted talk, which is one of the most viewed Ted talks of all time with over 20 million views…and that’s just scratching the surface.  During this conversation, we will share the research-backed way to geek you and your team performing at the best, what keeps us from making progress in life, the most meaningful work we can all do, and more!  More Of What’s Inside: Why relationships are so important How Dr. Ram is implementing these tips at work The Pomodoro Technique Key tips for motivating a team How getting outside can help performance Something is always better than nothing  What we can learn from the customer experience  Is easier always better?  Millionaire moves from Jeff Bezos  And much more!   Connect with Chris and Dr. Ram:    Private Facebook Community:  www.facebook.com/groups/unlimitedpotentialpodcast    Personal Websites:  morrellfirm.com  ramcheruvu.wixsite.com/doctorram    Youtube Channel:  www.youtube.com/channel/UCtSIgawdfsNk0bk4Rwotz7w    Social Media:  www.linkedin.com/in/doctorram  https://www.linkedin.com/in/christopher-morrell    Links For This Episode: https://www.danpink.com/books/drive/ https://www.amazon.com/Power-Regret-Looking-Backward-Forward/dp/0735210659 https://www.amazon.com/Whole-New-Mind-Right-Brainers-Future/dp/1594481717 https://www.amazon.com/Drive-Surprising-Truth-About-Motivates/dp/1594484805 https://www.amazon.com/Sell-Human-Surprising-Moving-Others/dp/1594631905 https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/profile.aspx?facId=6409 https://pastorrick.com/ https://www.twitch.tv/ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Justin.tv https://www.garyvaynerchuk.com/ https://tim.blog/ https://www.amazon.com/How-Win-Friends-Influence-People/dp/0671027034   Episode Minute By Minute:  2:13 How Dr. Ram learned about  4:03 Tip #1 for keeping your team motivated  8:36 Why you need to remember how far you’ve come 11:09 What we can learn from twitch.com 15:28 How many times you should explain the “why”  18:46 Why the process should always be easy 23:30 Breaks: They are more productive than you think 30:52 The 4 main regrets all humans have 39:01 The benefits of failing and learning 41:15 What’s coming up on part 2