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Morning Momentum™ with David J. Pollay – December 1, 2008
Dawn had rearranged a few
rooms in our home over one weekend while I was away
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Morning Momentum™ with David J. Pollay – November 24, 2008
Recently
Dawn and I were asked two interesting questions. One person asked us, “Your parents do so much
for you guys, why do you think they are so giving?” We accepted her question as a great
compliment and tribute to the wonderful people that our parents are.
The
bottom line is that Love Cyclers make better bosses and better spouses.
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Monday Morning Momentum™ with David J. Pollay – October 6, 2008
Over the last few years I have heard more and more people complain about the telemarketing calls they receive at home, and now, increasingly on their cell phones. I can understand why. I don’t like my dinner interrupted either for a sales call, a marketing survey, or a political poll. The challenge I’ve noticed, however, is how we respond to these calls.
“Sticking it” to telemarketers
I often hear people boast about how they handle telemarketers. Each time they receive a call from a telemarketer, they shout: “Take me off your list!” Or they put the phone up to a radio and crank up the volume to “give it back” to the representative calling them. Or they say, “Give me your home phone number and I’ll call you!” In each instance they are pleased that they stuck it to the telemarketer.
Remember who they are
There are two main problems with this approach. First, telemarketers are moms, dads, sons, daughters, brothers, sisters, students: They are anyone who needs that job. And according to the United States Bureau of Labor Statistics, there are more than 2.2 million customer service representatives, and over 350 thousand telemarketers in this country alone. I know many of the people who work in these organizations, and I worked with them when I ran customer service centers; they’re good people. It is not fair to vent our frustration on them; they’re just doing their job.
And we often forget that many of the telemarketers who call us are volunteers. They are members of grassroots organizations that support our democracy. They encourage us to get involved in important causes, and they push us to get out and vote. Other people see it as their duty to make calls for their university, high school, non-profit, or local public radio and television stations.
Now, we still may not want to receive these calls, no matter what the cause. So, what do we do?
How can we respond?
I asked a director of a telemarketing company what is a fair and respectful way of letting a telemarketer know that we are not interested. Here was her advice: “Honesty works best. You can just say: ‘I support the other candidate. I do not support your cause. I already have your product. I do not give money over the phone.’ And you can politely interrupt the agent if they start reading a script. Say your few words, and then hang up the phone. When they know that you are truly not interested – as opposed to saying you’re ‘busy’ – they will not waste their time calling you back.”
Here’s another approach. Remember that most telemarketing companies use “automatic dialers” to serve up calls to a customer service agent. You’ll find that there is a delay between when you say “hello” and when an agent is connected to you. A simple way of avoiding the call is to hang up as soon as you hear the pause: You’ll save yourself, and the agent, time and frustration.
Know where the power is
But what do we do if we really want to stop or reduce all these telemarketing calls? Go where the power is. Representatives in companies do not set policies and procedures, leaders do: Talk to them. And if we want to limit the ability of telemarketers to do business, we should lobby our telecommunications providers, or advocate for change with our politicians.
Venting leads to more frustration
The second problem with venting our anger every time we receive a telemarketing call is that we are virtually guaranteeing ourselves a daily dose of frustration. We are likely going to receive these calls for some time to come. So, rather than get worked up each time we pick up the phone, we are better to let the telemarketers go on their way without conflict. And then, with no hesitation, we can put our attention right back on what matters most to us in our lives.
This week
Take a new approach with telemarketers this week: Let them pass by with your kindness. If you do not want to speak with them, politely let the telemarketers go on their way without conflict.
When you let a telemarketer pass you by, notice how you lift a burden from two people: You free yourself of negative emotion, and you give other people a break. And you can feel good about that.
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Do You Know Your Formula for Momentum? ©
“How’s my momentum?” is the question we should ask ourselves every day.
How do you know you have momentum? You experience momentum when opportunities related to your passion in life appear faster than you could have imagined. You catch yourself saying, “This is the most fun I’ve ever had!” Or, “I can barely keep up with all the possibilities!”
Others will also let you know that you have momentum. You’ll hear things like, “You’re on a roll!” Or, “You’re career is in high gear!” Or, “You are unstoppable!”
The physics formula for momentum states that “mass” multiplied by “velocity” equals “momentum.” The more mass you have and the higher your velocity, the more momentum you experience.
Your momentum formula
In my concept of momentum, your “mass” is who you are. The more you bring your most natural talent, passion, and energy to your work, the greater your mass. You are a giant when you tap your best self in your work. We should all strive to do work that allows us to draw on our greatest strengths.
Your “velocity” is what you do with your mass. When you ask for help, when you partner with others, when you continually receive training, when you practice what you do, when you are willing to try new things, you increase your velocity. Your speed of achievement increases when you focus on activities that multiply the power of your best self.
One of the most powerful ways to build momentum is to match your natural strengths and passion with an expertise. Becoming an expert in the field you love will put you in very small company. Why? First, most people do not do what they love. Second, most people do not want to put in the time and effort it takes to become an expert.
Your expertise
Anders Ericsson, a psychologist at Florida State University, found in his research that 10,000 hours of study is required to become a top expert. To give you an idea how that would translate into daily living, I did some math. If you studied 4 hours a day for 7 years with no breaks on the weekend, and no vacations, you would reach 10,000 hours. Ericsson said that the least accomplished experts in his study spent a minimum of 5,000 hours on their craft. If you figured this number for your target, and you kept your weekends free, you would study for four hours a day for 5 years.
The bottom line is simple. You better love what you are doing if you’re going to spend that much time doing it.
Your calling
New York University Psychology professor, Amy Wrzesniewski, describes people whose work is pleasurable, enjoyable, and fulfilling as having a “calling.” Wrzesniewski’s research showed that employees who have a calling have the highest life and job satisfaction. She also found that people with a calling miss the fewest days of work. It makes sense. We don’t want to miss doing what we love!
In our terms, people with a calling have momentum. They love their work; it’s not just a job. We might say that people with a calling have greater mass: They do what they love and focus on bringing out their best self. And people with a calling have greater velocity: They do whatever it takes to help them achieve their goals.
Momentum is your key
The most successful people know how to build and keep momentum. Know your formula for momentum and enjoy your best possible life.
This week
Think about your calling. What do you love to do?
Now answer these momentum building questions:
(1) What is the expertise you want to develop in your life?
(2) How are you building your expertise?
(3) And what one new thing could you start this week to further develop your expertise?
Now, bring it all together: Become a true expert in what you love doing. Build your expertise to support your calling.
And watch your momentum build; you will feel the excitement.
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Who Do You Run To? Ó
My big day in 5th Grade
It was 1976. I was in the fifth grade. The fifty-yard dash record for Lake Bluff Elementary School in Shorewood, Wisconsin was set in the mid 1950s. I had a chance to break it. I walked past my classmates and stepped up to the starting line. I looked at my gym teacher, Mr. (Buddy) Wolf. He blew his whistle and I took off running. I pumped my legs and arms as fast as I could. 6.5 seconds later I leaned into the finish line and I heard the click of Mr. Wolf’s stop watch. I turned around just as fast as I could to hear Mr. Wolf say: “You just broke the school record!”
My class burst into applause! I jogged back to everyone. My buddies slapped me on the back and punched me in the arm. I was in fifth grade heaven! And then my thoughts turned to lunchtime. I wanted to get home to tell Mom, and call Dad at work.
I wanted to share my good news
One period later the lunch bell rang. I sprinted out of the classroom, down the stairs, out the side door, and ran six blocks to my home. I opened the back door of the house, turned into the kitchen, and saw Mom plating up a grilled cheese sandwich and a bowl of tomato soup. I kissed Mom, and then I told her all about the race, the record, and my classmates cheering. She asked me to tell the whole story from start to finish, with every detail included. So, I acted out what happened. She clapped. We laughed. She hugged me. And then I called Dad and relived the whole experience. He was thrilled for me! It was one of the best days of my life.
Who do you run to?
Now, who do you run to in your life? Who helps you celebrate your achievements? And why do you run to these special people? Why are they the first on your list? What about these individuals attracts you to them?
The research
UCLA psychology researcher Shelly Gable, University of Rochester psychology researcher Harry Reis, and their colleagues discovered that there are four principal ways people respond to the good news of others, and only one of them makes a positive difference in a relationship.
Actively and Constructively: They’re “enthusiastic,” they’re “almost more happy and excited than I am,” and “they ask lots of questions.”
Passively and Constructively: They try “not to make a big deal out of it, but are happy for me,” or they “say little, but I know they are happy for me.”
Actively and Destructively: They “often find a problem with it,” or they “point out the potential downsides of the good event.”
Passively and Destructively: They “seem disinterested,” they don’t care much, or they don’t “pay much attention to me.”
Gable and Reis’s research, published in the Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, uncovered that only people who respond actively and constructively to your good news have a measurably positive impact on your enthusiasm, joy and happiness for life. They further discovered that people who receive active and constructive feedback in close personal relationships report higher relationship well-being as indicated by measures of intimacy and marital satisfaction.
Who runs to you?
So, think about the people you love and care about. Do your children run to you with good news? Does your spouse? Do your friends? Do your employees?
Think of the opportunities that you have to help bring out the best in the people you care about. Think about the joy you can amplify in their lives when you respond actively and constructively to their good news. And like my Mom and Dad did for me, think about the lasting memories you are helping create for the people you love.
Be there for the people you care about. Let your loved ones run to you.
This Week
(1) Think about the people “you run to” with your good news. Take a moment this week to thank them for always being there for you. They will appreciate it deeply, and you will reinforce your most important relationships.
(2) This week look for opportunities to “be there” for the people you love. Show them with your interest, attention, and enthusiasm that you want to hear their good news. Show them that you are someone they can run to in life.
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Stay in the Game Long Enough to Succeed Ó
Your dreams
Many people give up on their dreams. They face a challenge, or a series of setbacks, and then they question their ability to succeed. The payoff for their effort seems too far away to justify the frustration and disappointment they are experiencing today. But what if they hung in there just a little bit longer? Could the success they are striving for be just around the corner?
27 years ago
A high school friend of mine, Big John, recently reminded me of an event that took place twenty-seven years ago in our high school gym. He wrote about it in our high school anniversary alumni program. Big John said it was one of his best high school memories. It’s a simple story about what can happen when you stay in the game.
I was a sophomore in high school when I joined the Saturday morning basketball league. I played on my friend Sal’s team. And we had a good enough season to play for the championship against Johnny Malo’s (all names are changed for this story) team – the team that taunted us all week before the game that they had a big plan to shut us down.
Well, championship Saturday came and their “big plan” was working…on me! I was having my worst game of the season; I couldn’t make a basket. It was the rest of the team that kept us in the game.
So, it came down to the last ten seconds of the game and we were tied. And who had the ball? Johnny Malo.
Johnny Malo took the ball down court, passed it to Frank, who dribbled around two of our guys, put up a jump shot, and with one second remaining, he made it! We were down by two, and Johnny Malo was jumping up and down like he was a contestant on the “The Price Is Right!”
Our last chance
So with one second left on the clock, we took our last timeout and huddled around Sal to hear his plan. And this was what he said, “Throw it to the open guy.” “What?!,” I said. “What kind of plan is that?! Throw it down to Big John.” See Big John was the only one of us over six feet tall and he was a good ballplayer. But, then Sal said, “Nahh, throw it to the open guy.”
So we ran back on the court and Earl stood on the side trying to pass the ball in bounds. I ran to the far corner of the court to give Big John as much room as possible; I still wanted him to get the pass. And what do you think Frank did? Correct. He threw the ball to me: the guy farthest from the basket, and the one who only made two baskets all game long.
The shot
So I jumped high to catch the pass, grabbed it with two hands, swung the ball in front of me, and let it fly!
The gym was quiet as we all watched the ball arc high and toward the hoop. And then as the ball started descending in the direction of the basket the silence of the crowd was replaced with a rising chorus of “ohhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh yeaaaaahhh! The ball went in!
We couldn’t believe it – a three pointer to win the game and the championship! The place went nuts!
And twenty-seven years later Big John wrote about this moment in our alumni program. We both knew that I had wanted to take myself out of that game. I had lost my confidence; I thought I had already taken enough shots. But I stayed in the game and I was given one more opportunity to make one of the most memorable shots of my life.
I learned that you have to stay in the game long enough to succeed.
What game are you playing in? Your shot may be just around the corner.
This week
Look at all of your most important projects. Which ones matter the most to you? Which ones do you consider critical to your success and happiness?
All of us have given up on something at some time in our lives. The question this week is whether or not you are going to stick it out with what means the most to you in your life?
This week identify one dream you will not give up on. What is it? Write it down. Carry it in your wallet, or put it in your purse. Keep it in your planner. And tell the people you love.
Decide to stay in this important game long enough to succeed.
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Ask for Help and Keep Going to Achieve Your DreamsÓ
My 20th college reunion
Last year I returned to Yale for my twentieth college reunion. And like what happens to most people who attend reunions, I thought about my life then, and now.
See, I am grateful for my life. I love my wife. I adore my girls. I cherish my parents. I have great friends. My health is good. I enjoy where I live. I love what I do for a living. My life is not perfect, but it is good.
And so, as I stood on the Yale campus with my family, I thought about the lesson I had learned when I was a first-semester freshman: When things don’t go your way, ask for help and keep going.
A very disappointing week
I learned that lesson after one of the most disappointing weeks of my life. I was a young kid from Wisconsin – away from home for the first time – and I was trying to make it through my first semester at Yale. And I wanted to pack my bags and head home.
I remember the beginning of that week: I was sitting in the front row of a large auditorium with about four hundred students sitting on the main floor, and another hundred sitting in the balcony. As I got up to hand in my economics mid-term exam, I heard a “Whoaaaaa.” Hundreds of students were looking up at me in awe. I had just completed a four-hour exam in less than forty minutes. People were blown away at how smart I must have been to have finished so fast. And little did they know that two days later my Economics professor handed back my exam and said, “David, you scored a six out of a hundred. That’s not very good.”
And that was just the beginning of my week. The next day I received my grade on my first astronomy paper. I had better news to report. I upped my performance from an “F” in Economics to a “D+” in Astronomy.
And then my bad week continued on the football field. My parents and little brother were coming from Milwaukee/city> to to watch me play football. And during practice the day before they arrived, I made one wrong turn and tore my hamstring. My family came to the game, but only to see me standing on the sidelines with crutches, instead of running with a football.
Finally, the week came to an end with my new girlfriend telling me, “David, I’m ‘pre-engaged’ to be married.” Now I didn’t know what “pre-engaged” meant, but I knew it couldn’t be good. And it wasn’t.
All this happened in one week. And all I wanted to do was quit and head back to Wisconsin. But I didn’t.
I needed help
I reached out for help. I talked to my parents. I called my friends. I asked for their support, and they gave it to me. When I felt like a failure, they helped me regain my confidence.
I then paid visits to my professors. I asked for their help, and they gave it to me. I followed their advice: I moved up a few rows in class, and I did my homework.
And while it didn’t work out with my girlfriend, and I never became a football star in college, I did turn my grades around. I eventually majored in Economics. And I even graduated with the honor of carrying our college banner at graduation.
And now it’s twenty-one years later and I am grateful that I learned to ask for help when I just wanted to quit and go home.
Ask for help
Live your best life possible: Ask for help when you need it, and keep going to achieve your dreams.
This Week
Think about your biggest dreams. What are you hoping to achieve?
Then, look hard at your progress? How are you doing? Where are you struggling? What is frustrating you? What do you need to learn?
Now, think about everyone you know. Who could help you?
This week identify in what area you need the most help. And choose one or two people who could assist you. Then call or email them this week.
Remember to ask for help when you need it, and keep going to achieve your dreams.
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Don’t Let the Peanuts Run Your Life Ó
I love peanuts
I love peanuts. I like them salted or unsalted. I like them sweet or savory. You can put them in my dinner or in my dessert. I never met a peanut I didn’t like. It is a joy to eat peanuts!
It’s also a challenge to eat peanuts. Peanuts pack a caloric punch. Too many peanuts per day and you have to loosen your belt. One day I decided to reduce my peanut intake. I resolved not to eat peanuts after dinner, or for a late night snack.
I tried not to eat peanuts
So, the next night I had dinner. And sure enough, I had a thought to eat some peanuts. But I reminded myself that I had decided not to eat peanuts. So I did not eat peanuts.
And then it happened. An hour later I was standing in my kitchen with salt on my lips, peanuts in my mouth, and another load ready to go. But, I did not remember opening the cabinet, reaching down to the bottom shelf, grabbing the peanut jar – okay, the peanut tub – and putting a handful of delicious peanuts in my mouth. It was only after I stuck my hand in the tub of peanuts a second time I thought, “Whoa! Whoa! Whoa! How did this happen? How did I end up here?!”
The unconscious mind
Psychology researcher Jonathan Haidt of the
The challenge of change
Now take my peanut example to another level. What if you want to change something important in your life? If you decide that you are going to do something differently, but you are not aware of what is happening below the surface, in your unconscious, how will you succeed? The answer is “you won’t.”
Haidt warns, “The rider can’t just decide to change and then order the elephant to go along with the program. Lasting change can come only by retraining the elephant, and that’s hard to do.” The key to achieving new and important things in your life is to find out what is unconsciously limiting you and then replace it with a belief that will enable your success.
Uncovering your beliefs
Your most potent levers of sustainable change are your beliefs. Uncover your beliefs and you will find out why you do what you do. You will learn more about your “elephant.”
This week
So here’s one approach to drawing out your beliefs. This week start by identifying an important and big goal in your life and how soon you would like to reach it. Make sure this goal would change your life dramatically if you achieved it.
Now grab a pen and answer these questions.
(1) What will I gain if I achieve my goal?
(2) What will I have to do to accomplish my goal?
(3) What will I have to give up to reach my goal?
(4) What will happen if I fail to meet my goal?
Start each of your answers with “I believe I…” to help elicit your beliefs. Now look at your answers. These are some of the beliefs you hold relative to your goal.
The question, then, is which of these beliefs will help you achieve your goal and which ones will hold you back.
Your success in life depends on your ability to uncover and change your limiting beliefs to those that will fire you up and bring out your greatness.
Don’t let the peanuts run your life.
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What Are You Saying to Yourself?
A walk with my daughter
My daughter, Eliana (4 at the time), and I were walking through a nature preserve two years ago when she stopped, turned around, and looked right up at me and said, “Papi, what did you say?”
I said, “Ah, nothing sweetie.”
“But Papi, I heard you say something.”
“Oh, Eliana, I must have been talking to myself.”
And then she asked me the big question, “Papi, why were you talking to yourself?”
Why was I talking to myself? That was a great question. I didn’t know. I didn’t even know that I was doing it!
While you might be smiling right now, you know you do it too. We all do it. If you don’t believe me, try this quick exercise.
Take a quick break and email me what you have read so far in this post. You can reach me at david@themomentumproject.com. Okay?
Stop! Now what are you saying to yourself? “Why is he asking me to do this? I don’t have time right now. I don’t do exercises. I’m not emailing a columnist.” That’s all self-talk. As I said, we all do it. Everybody does.
We talk…and we talk fast
And we talk fast. We speak out loud at approximately 200 words per minute. Yet we speak to ourselves at more than 1,300 words per minute. At this rate we might have over 45,000 thoughts per day. The problem is that many of these thoughts aren’t helpful.
What does this mean for us? How much of what we say to ourselves helps us live a better life? Are we more successful, and are we happier?
16 years ago my grandfather taught me that the answer can be “yes” if we choose what to say to ourselves.
My grandfather’s example
I was visiting my grandfather in his home in
That morning I walked down the short hallway from the guest bedroom to the kitchen. I stopped when I heard his voice. I slowly peeked around the corner and I saw him sitting in his rocking chair. He was staring at his legs as he was saying, “Legs don’t fail me now. You can do it. You’ve always been strong. I have a lot to do. Let’s go legs. I’m getting up.”
Thirty minutes later Bumpa was outside in his backyard chopping wood. Here was a man the doctors thought we had lost three times. He lived to be 90 years old.
My grandfather taught me the power of self-talk.
My best thinking
I’m at my best when I think about all the support I have, the strengths I have been given, the successes I’ve had, and the goals I have now. I’m at my best when I choose what to think about.
And it was my four-year old daughter’s question that reminded me to choose the self-talk that will help me to live my best possible life. Eliana also helped me remember how much I loved my grandfather.
This week
Listen to what “you have to say” this week. When you move from one activity to the next, make a note of your internal conversation. For example, jot down your answers to these questions:
What do you say to yourself when…
…you wake up in the morning?
…you drive to work?
…you set your priorities for the day?
…you have to go to a meeting?
…your boss asks you to do something?
…you’re driving home from work?
…you’re getting ready for bed?
At the end of each day look back at the pattern of your self-talk. Was it helpful or not? And if you find that you had been saying things to yourself that did not help, start replacing them the next day with words that support, encourage, and motivate you.
Next week, we’ll look at one of the most important things you can say to yourself.
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Life is good. We should be grateful for our lives every day. We should find joy in our lives. Believe this. Remember this.
And momentum makes life better.
Momentum is powerful. Momentum requires more than just being “good.” Your momentum depends on your ability to maintain what is good in your life and then build upon it. The core of momentum is an appreciation of what you have, and a commitment to your continued growth.
Success and happiness depend on momentum. Success and happiness begin with an understanding of what is right in your life, a desire to care for it, and a belief that you can do better. Momentum does not allow for procrastination, backsliding, and giving up. Momentum is all about action.
Momentum requires you to use your resources to achieve more of what you value and enjoy. You must strive to learn more, love more, care more, try more, and experience more. Your happiness and success rely on your positive momentum. Nineteenth century Swiss writer, Gottfried Keller said it best: "We don't remain good if we don't always strive to become better."
Do you understand momentum?
Answer these questions to find out.
You know the answers: You do better when you’re already in action. Getting started is always the hardest part. Momentum makes life better.
If you’re competing, dating, selling, parenting, studying, or dieting, you want momentum. You don’t wait for success to happen. And you don’t sit on success once you have it: You maintain your success and you build upon it. And when you have momentum you want people to know that you’re on a mission. You want them on your team. You want their help. You want their support. And when you have momentum, people are more likely to help you. And better yet, they want you on their team.
Momentum feels good
Remember how momentum feels. You feel powerful. You feel great. You feel confident. You feel unstoppable. And the beauty of momentum is that it is contagious. When you achieve momentum in one area of your life, it is easier to achieve it in other areas of your life. And when you experience momentum, the people around you benefit: You give yourself, and everyone in your life, the best you have.
Einstein said, “Objects at rest have no momentum.” So, think about everything that is important to you. And ask yourself, “Am I moving?”
Remember life is good. And momentum makes life better. Get moving, and enjoy your best possible life.
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