Matt, I've been a fan of 57 for a long time, going back to when my campaign statement when running for council in sixth grade was "There may be 57 varieties, but there's only one Chris Heinz." haha.
Chris... how Baader-Meinhof phenomenon appropriate to see this post this morning as I forwarded a podcast interview link to your lovely wife yesterday featuring Arthur C Brooks pertaining to this subject matter... ♡
Great post! I have found motivation for myself and for the people I manage one of THE greatest challenges of my lifetime to nail down. There seems to be no guaranteed formula. We’re all so different!
One of the most interesting aspects of motivation is how it seems to vanish when one reaches their goal. They immediately have this feeling of “what’s next?” Even after a big promotion, my team members would almost always have a type of mental crash and quickly need direction for a new thing to focus on. A new destination. And a new job description almost never was enough. It had to be some kind of big goal or milestone where they could “level up” again in some way.
I’d love to research this more and understand why this is. This beautiful relationship between motivation and satisfaction of a job well done. It feels like such a hamster wheel!
Matt, I've been a fan of 57 for a long time, going back to when my campaign statement when running for council in sixth grade was "There may be 57 varieties, but there's only one Chris Heinz." haha.
Nicely done Chris! Strange, I notice '57' a lot also. I wonder why that is?
Hey Chris,
Great read! It begs the question with your last name and Heinz 57 ketchup as to whether you have been a fan of 57 for v long time... ?
Chris... how Baader-Meinhof phenomenon appropriate to see this post this morning as I forwarded a podcast interview link to your lovely wife yesterday featuring Arthur C Brooks pertaining to this subject matter... ♡
Great post! I have found motivation for myself and for the people I manage one of THE greatest challenges of my lifetime to nail down. There seems to be no guaranteed formula. We’re all so different!
One of the most interesting aspects of motivation is how it seems to vanish when one reaches their goal. They immediately have this feeling of “what’s next?” Even after a big promotion, my team members would almost always have a type of mental crash and quickly need direction for a new thing to focus on. A new destination. And a new job description almost never was enough. It had to be some kind of big goal or milestone where they could “level up” again in some way.
I’d love to research this more and understand why this is. This beautiful relationship between motivation and satisfaction of a job well done. It feels like such a hamster wheel!