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Are You Guilty of Steamrolling Your Wins?

March 27, 2024 Wendy Bjork

Reading Time: 3 minutes Welcome to the latest episode of Unlocking Your Greatness with Wendy Bjork. As an international bestselling author, inspirational speaker and founder of heartsofwellness.com, her mission is to empower women to take charge of their health holistically so they can feel confident, have clarity and be inspired to find joy and simplicity. Why is it Important to Celebrate Your Wins? In a world where people are constantly on the go, looking for the next thing to do or achieve, it is easy to forget to stop and celebrate…

How the Comparison Game Will Crush You

January 25, 2024 Wendy Bjork

Reading Time: 4 minutes Welcome to the latest edition of Unlocking Your Greatness with Wendy Bjork. As an international bestselling author, inspirational speaker and guide to others, as well as founder of heartsofwellness.com, my mission is empowering others to find peace, joy and fulfillment by embracing simplicity. Why is comparing ourselves to others harmful? We are conditioned to compare. What does someone else have that I don’t? We may become upset with ourselves, feeling unworthy, jealous and even angry . Why do we do this to ourselves? You’ve probably heard…

It’s Impossible To Motivate Unmotivated Staff

December 22, 2023December 29, 2023 Mark Oliver

Reading Time: 4 minutes It can certainly be hard to motivate people and strictly speaking it is true we cannot make others motivated. Command-and-control managers often get frustrated because they believe that motivating employees is about their authority and tangible things such as money. Exerting authority is a common management approach but that is different to leadership. You can compel people to do what you want, but that’s not leadership, and it tends to be a good way to turn engaged staff into disengaged staff. According to a 2023 Gallup survey, some 77% of…

Making Your Most Important Investment Work

November 30, 2023 Mark Oliver

Reading Time: 3 minutes To get the best performance from your employees, it is critical that you provide structures and systems (including pay systems) that motivate them. To understand and predict what these are, you need a very good model or framework describing human motivation. Only when you have achieved this, it is worth investing time and money in training your employees. If you do it the other way around, not only may your employees not use the new skills acquired in their training but they are more likely to leave the organisation. This…

How Your Apparel Influences Your Attitude

November 10, 2023 Wendy Bjork

Reading Time: 4 minutes Welcome to the latest edition of Unlocking Your Greatness with Wendy Bjork. As an international bestselling author, inspirational speaker and guide to others, as well as founder of heartsofwellness.com, it is my mission to help others make forward progress towards living their best lives! Are You What You Wearing? When you’re feeling down, a positive saying can turn your frown upside down. The power of positive self-talk can make a hard day manageable, and an okay day even better. So if you need a little motivation, check out these…

Can Self Help Tools Really Help?

September 25, 2023 Wendy Bjork

Reading Time: 4 minutes Welcome to the latest edition of Unlocking Your Greatness with Wendy Bjork. As an international bestselling author, inspirational speaker and guide to others, as well as founder of heartsofwellness.com, it is my mission to help others understand how to make progress forward and live our best lives! Finding Strength Through Storms The storms of life can be devastating, but they don’t have to be. In fact, they can provide a path of growth and personal development. Surviving these difficult times can also change our perspective on things and teach us…