- The Brain processes information gained from selected available data
- Energy - physical and mental - drives this process
- Products of this energy include heightened self esteem, creativity, enthusiasm, commitment, skill development, innovation and, last but not least, increased productivity
- The outcome of this is growth - personal and corporate
My trigger for building positive (rather than negative) human behaviour is through injecting what I call "The Enjoyment Factor". Compare the productivity levels of a project you enjoyed and one you didn't enjoy. When you lose yourself in an interest you love, you find yourself - the authentic you comes alive. Focusing on any interest you passionately enjoy - even for a few minutes - creates a positive ripple effect through the whole of the four stages listed above.
Do you relate to the process?
If you are going through a bad time you might perhaps see the process in reverse - your growth slowing, productivity dropping, mental energy down and experiencing sluggish processing of information.
Your comments on the above would be greatly welcomed and read with interest.
2 comments:
I could not agree more, Peter. It is enjoyment that should bring us to work and not just the salary. I have spent too many years in jobs that were slowly killing me spiritually. I know that it is not easy to change jobs, especially today where it seems to be a lot more difficult. But if your inner spirit is slowly dying then it is time to make a change or to start to make a difference by modelling the behaviour and values that you believe in. I am nearly 60 and I still do not know what i want to do when I grow up. I will keep looking.
If I reflect on my previous roles and employment, it is the people that have made the difference. If you have a difficult and distressful job (stress is to be expected, distress is not) and you have supportive people around you that you can trust and rely on then things work a lot easier and the distresses are more easily absorbed. If you are in a toxic workplace, then these situations are almost impossible to deal with and can be very damaging. What we also seem to be missing is a sense of a broader community, that is one that operates in a supportive way outside of work. How many societies are there in the world that are poor but they are happy and contented. In these situations it seems as though it is the community or family connections that make the difference. Perhaps our work places reflect our community's values and this could also part of the problem. It would seem that we distrust almost everything (including our leaders) and look for the negative first in everything. Some of these attitudes and behaviours cannot be changed overnight and will be like steering a huge ship on another course. Keep going, Peter! You may feel like you are doing it by minutes rather than degrees but keep at it, it is a very worthwhile pursuit that I wish you well in your endevours.
While you are in Sydney, see if Margot Cairns is still writing and lecturing. She made a huge impact to the way I looked a work nearly some ten years or more ago when I attended a conference there. She has a philosophy that is very similar to yours.
Steve Williams, Ningbo China
Hi Steve...You do get around these days...China!! Clearly you are now finding your behaviour process to be positive and productive, which is absolutely fantastic! Having experienced a negatively stressful job enables us to truly appreciate the benefits, pleasures and personal growth being generated by positive work.
I guess the trigger that I am looking to invoke into the process I outlined in "Creating Positive Human Behaviour" is to help people find out what it is that will inject new, enjoyable energy somewhere in one of the four stages and then watch what happens in the other three stages. My personal experience of that is explained in some detail in the article "Are You Looking for Your Choir?" under My Views at my website, www.workleisure.com.
Enjoy China and keep in touch.
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