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This is one of the toughest problems you’ll have, and there are no easy solutions. The Forbes Coaches Council explains it this way : Being a credible mentor for clients is key to achieving success in the industry. And, as long as you and your partner have the same goals, you’ll be motivated to work together to achieve them.

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Penelope Trunk

APRIL 15, 2010

I guess there’s no real solution besides maybe trying to understand other people’s priorities. It is quite difficult to motivate me on a Sunday but you have me thinking hard and reading like crazy. That’s why crying is so important, it’s a visual signal of just how much the other person wants to get their way. Men should cry more.

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Penelope Trunk

SEPTEMBER 29, 2010

I recently saw Erick Goss speak at a conference on media trends, and the best advice he gave was to find cheap ways to fail because there were no guaranteed solutions. Built my own home in 2008 and have never painted or used wall paper on my walls.

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Penelope Trunk

NOVEMBER 1, 2009

My family and many other families have been able to find a solution to this type of situation. We are barely 30 and are desperate and motivated to be where we want and to have what we want. My family incorporated the business many, many years ago. So, it can be done. Patience and good luck!

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Penelope Trunk

NOVEMBER 17, 2009

There are no bad bosses The easiest instructions for how to start a blog Comments (66) Leave a Comment Good question/ test to check how relevant the original motivation(s) is(are)! Our best literature was written by people with nothing to lose and a voracious internal motivation to communicate their take on the world with written words.

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Penelope Trunk

NOVEMBER 24, 2009

A lot of us spend way too much time trying to mind-read to figure out what motivates the crazy normal people around us…which is distracting and depressing. And she's stuck and not finding solutions. It is what it is…admit that and find ways to deal with it. I am a top U.S. She is afraid to work and earn a living.

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Penelope Trunk

SEPTEMBER 13, 2010

I tell him, "Good job finding a solution to your problem." Doing things ONLY for rewards is a problem, but one I suspect rarely occurs in these situations – and when it does, the solution is unlikely to be less rewards, but more boundaries or a raising of the bar. Subscribe -- free! " Pokemon = math.

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Penelope Trunk

DECEMBER 15, 2009

Telling myself to shut up wasn't the most healthy solution, but the truth is that being such an intense extrovert, I had never taken the time to be quiet and observe. Wrote down everywhere I looked to ASK QUESTIONS. I never knew how to LISTEN. Unless, of course, there was a debate involved. " And I told him.

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Penelope Trunk

MARCH 16, 2010

They may even give you the motivation needed to finally get that A project done. I'm stuck and nothing truly motivates me anymore. As an engineer I always try to think of technology solutions to problems like this. Sometimes the simplest solution is the least obvious. I have a few that seem to keep me on track.

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Penelope Trunk

DECEMBER 8, 2009

And each of your break-ups has been motivated by fear of this growth and change, rather than by nastiness or gossip. We play hide and seek with our own motives. Awareness of every single motive, of all the biological/physiological mechanisms and sensory signals bombarding us would paralyze our capacity to act decisively.

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Penelope Trunk

DECEMBER 22, 2009

Because for some reason, a feasible solution is usually included with the "why," a bit like getting that second ShamWow for free. You are trying to motivate people to do the impossible and some "genius" is pulling the carpet out from under you. I think what "people" want is solutions.

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Penelope Trunk

OCTOBER 15, 2010

People think their work situation is so complicated and I have to understand all the motivators. I have been thinking about your problem some more and I think I understand why you didn't come up with the solution I had (to get your own office in town) on your own. He tells me that I have a problem and I need to get over it.

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Penelope Trunk

DECEMBER 1, 2009

" If your computational competence (so to speak) is so low, then you are in dire need of a support; an ever-present personal assistant, a plethora of ever-available contacts, a finely tuned system for reference, or some equally radical solution is called for. Then get a GPS. ." "This is not easy.

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Penelope Trunk

JANUARY 8, 2010

Use solutions-based language in tense conversations. Posted by MS on January 8, 2010 at 11:06 am | permalink | Reply A cheap & easy solution to the lost keys problem: find a visible place to hang your keys. It is the motivating factor to get up by not having the morning routine. I need to remember to not give him so much.

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Penelope Trunk

NOVEMBER 19, 2009

But then, when I told one of my mentors that I’m not good at sales, he said, “Of course you’re good at sales. I have seen many organizations with highly successful sales organizations based on team collaboration (internally among the staff) and consultative solution discovery (externally with customers). He’s right. Posted by Jim C.

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Penelope Trunk

FEBRUARY 11, 2010

" Speaking from experience, it was the realization that ending this particular mind-state/personality view at this particular time and place was not going to be any kind of lasting solution to fixing the ultimate reality that needed fixing. Either that or I'm just too happy about life. " I believe things can be fixed.

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Penelope Trunk

JANUARY 14, 2010

I've done a fair amount of reading on happiness, but when it comes down to doing the simple activities that various books suggest to increase your level of happiness (spend 10 minutes each night writing down what you're grateful for, for example), I can never motivate myself to do it. But I love this spin on it.

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Penelope Trunk

DECEMBER 4, 2009

But there's no magic solution. Pain usually preceeds growth, is a heckuva teacher and motivator. There may indeed be no "magic solution", but all the "sprinkles" you wrote about will ultimately continue to brighten your life. Just wondering– I want to be able to offer up some solutions here!

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Penelope Trunk

OCTOBER 9, 2009

Inspiration and motivation are the factors that differentiate a leader from a boss, in my opinion. "Hope and Change" are not solutions. Change is a solution. I have been happiest in my career while working under an inspirational leader and inversely the most miserable when I have worked for a dream crushing boss.

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Penelope Trunk

FEBRUARY 16, 2010

As a result, I'm content to remain a behind-the-scenes figure or a mentor's mentor ( [link] ). They might consider some of their actions "interesting", but the underlying motivation is competition. Penelope, Ramit Sethi, Ben Casnocha, David Weekly, etc.) whom I work with and help on a regular basis.

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