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Provoke the Power of Passion in your Profession

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Leslie Shiner, OwnerThe ShinerGroup

• Owner of The ShinerGroup• Financial & management consultant for over 25 years• MBA in Accounting and Finance from U.C. Berkeley

• CPA Practice Advisor Top Thought Leader

• Columnist: Remodeling Magazine

• Author: A Simple Guide to Turning a Profit as a Contractor

Introduction – Leslie Shiner



Does your job float your boat?

Or is it an anchor weighing it down?



• Improve your own value-add to your company

• Only working for money doesn’t always bring satisfaction, but working for satisfaction will often bring in the money

• Ignite your passion and bring back the spark that creates opportunity and success

What We Will Learn

Are You Motivated in Your Job?

"Unless you try to do something beyond what you have already mastered, you will never grow."

www.successories.com



Or Demotivated?

"I expected times like this ‐ but I never thought they'd be so bad, so long, and so frequent.”

www.despair.com

The Seven Principles That Fuel Success and Performance at Work

-By Shawn Achor

Happiness Advantage

Ted Talk: https://www.ted.com/talks/shawn_achor_the_happy_secret_to_better_work



• “If you work hard, you will become successful, and once you become successful, then you will be happy”

• But that formula is backwards

• Success forces goalposts further away, so happiness is almost unattainable

• Happiness is the precursor to success (not the result)

We Have it All Wrong!

Only 25% of job success is predicted by IQ

75% of job success is predicted by your:• Optimism levels• Social support• Ability to see stress as a challenge instead of a

threat

Job Success



•They are thrilled at the beginning

What Happens to Most Lottery Winners?

•They are thrilled at the beginning

What Happens to Most Lottery Winners?

• But so many of them wind up unhappy

*National Endowment for Financial Education

“About 70% of people who suddenly receive a windfall of cash will lose it within a few years*”



•Understand motivators•Do a self-assessment•Embrace change•Step outside your comfort zone•Learn the language of your coworkers

So, What’s the Key to Passion?

SLIDE 15

There are Two Types of Motivators

Internal Motivators

External Motivators

Vs.



Salary Promotions Recognition

External Motivators

Accomplishment Mastery Exhilaration

Internal Motivators



• It’s the external motivators that compel you get a job

•But it’s the internal motivators that allow you to grow in your job, find your passion and be happy

SLIDE 18

Motivators to Improve Job Success

EsteemLove & Belonging

Safety

PhysiologicalSLIDE 19

Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs

Self‐Actualization

External

Internal



Being Recognized

Being Part of a Team

Job Security

Money/SalarySLIDE 20

Hierarchy of Needs – In a Job

Passion in the Workplace

External

Internal

•Do a Self-Assessment• What am I passionate about?• What makes me ‘light-up’ when I talk about it?• Don’t tell anyone, but what would I actually do even if

I wasn’t getting paid?

•What’s stopping me from doing this more?

What are Your Needs?



If You’re Bored, Frustrated or Disinterested

Then you are your own roadblock

•Your boss’s attitude?•Your employee’s attitude?•Your workload?•Your schedule?•Your colleagues?

What’s Under Your Control?



•Your boss’s attitude?•Your employee’s attitude?•Your workload?•Your schedule?•Your colleagues?

What’s Under Your Control?

The only thing that’s under your control is your attitude



•Examples: • Learn something new• Teach something to someone else• Share knowledge

•Find a way to be excited about what you do!

Take the Step to Move Forward

Common theme: be willing to change

Change

People want things to be better

Just as long as they are not any different



How Many Psychologist Does it Take to Change a Light Bulb?

One, but the light bulb has to be willing to change

What changes do you need to

make?

To Improve Your Job Performance…



Being passionate means that you cannot be afraid to step outside your comfort zone

Step Outside Your Comfort Zone

•Groups often make foolish decisions

Avoid Groupthink

• Going along to get along may not produce the best decision

• And won’t make you happy



•Start with brainstorming• No idea is wrong

•Acknowledge all ideas•Foster open discussion•Focus on collaboration, not confrontation•Reframe disagreement as a necessary, helpful characteristic of great teams

Avoid Groupthink in Your Company

• Dr. Glenn Wilson performed a study for Hewlett Packard to explore the productivity of multitasking*

• The average worker’s functioning IQ drops 10 points when multitasking

Stop Multitasking

*www.drglennwilson.com/Infomania_experiment_for_HP.doc



• Dr. Glenn Wilson performed a study for Hewlett Packard to explore the productivity of multitasking*

• The average worker’s functioning IQ drops 10 points when multitasking

• That’s more than double the four point drop that occurs when someone smokes marijuana!

Stop Multitasking

*www.drglennwilson.com/Infomania_experiment_for_HP.doc

•Are you frustrated with your co-workers?

•Different people think and process information in different ways

Learn Co-Workers “Language”



Some Like to See it Simple

Process - Sample

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Lead Tracking X XClient Meeting XBudgeting X XProposal XEngineering XProject Management XEquipment Order & Tracking XDemolition XFraming XFinishes XTrim XPunch List XChange Orders X XReview X XWarranty X

Some Prefer Complex



•Dress for success• It does make a difference

Look Smart: Be Smart!

•Think you deserve a raise?

Lessons From My Father



•Think you deserve a raise?

•Salary is not based on yourneed, but your value-add to the company

Lessons From My Father

• Two distinct types of perfectionism• Neurotic perfectionists strive for unrealistic goals

and consistently feel dissatisfied when they cannot reach them

• Normal perfectionists pursue perfection without compromising their self-esteem, and derive pleasure from their efforts

Perfectionism Can be Bad…But it Can Also be Good



Find Something Challenging Even if You Aren’t Good at It

Challenge yourself to avoid being a neurotic perfectionist

Don’t Sweat the Small Stuff

•Ripped from the headlines…

•www.Money.cnn.com – Monday’s Headline:

Google CEO addresses hamburger emoji debate




Unless you are the CEO of Google




Solve the Passion Puzzle

Passion

Challenge Perfections

Understand Motivators

Avoid Group Think Stop Multitasking

Understand LanguageDifferences

Dress for Success

Be Willing to Change Step Outside Comfort Zone

•Your attitude is the most important factor in determining your happiness

What We Learned



•Your attitude is the most important factor in determining your happiness

•You own your attitude• And therefore you own your passion and happiness

What We Learned

Leslie C. Shiner, MBA

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(415) 383‐6255 www.ShinerGroup.com

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Twitter: @TheShinerGroup

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