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Your Greatness with Dr. Ike
Posted on February 14th, 2010 7 comments
Hello…thanks for taking a break and reading your “success moment”
with Lynn.This week it is my pleasure to have Dr. Ike as a guest on my blog.~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~So here is Dr. IkeI recently had the privilege of hearing Dr. Tim Irwin speak at an event where I served as the Master of Ceremony/Speaker. Tim has interviewed over 10,000 people in his career as an organizational psychologist and as an international consultant. He made this amazing statement, “I have never interviewed or talked with anyone who did not have, at their core, a desire to be great.” His observation is that everyone is passionate about something and I would concur.
Each day most Americans get up and go to jobs where they have no passion. As a consequence, they will not achieve greatness. On average, they will spend 60-65% of their waking hours toiling at jobs where they have no sense of engagement. Gallup did a study a few years ago where they interviewed 1.7 million workers representing 77,000 companies and/or divisions. They asked the question, “Are you engaged in your job?” The response was startling in the level of honesty and the state of affairs in American business:
- 55% felt no degree of engagement or sense of passion for their jobs.
- 16% responded that not only were they not engaged in their jobs, they described themselves as actively disengaged. Jim Collins, author of Good to Great, calls these people, OBT – On-Board Terrorists. They work for you but they are attempting to blow up the company by disrupting the culture of the organization.
Add up the two statistics and you get a 71% disconnect rate – meaning that only 29% of workers have any degree of passion for their jobs. It is impossible to have greatness when your passion is at room temperature.
So, how can you be great at your job?
- Find the work where your skills and the world’s needs intersect and you will find passion.
- If you are in job that you do not like, do your best work anyway and your day will come.
- Being great in your work means that you have discovered meaning in the work that you do each day.
- Focus on the meaning of your work and you will operate at your highest and best rather than your lowest and least.
- Being great at your job happens when you become more concerned about your contributions rather than your rewards.
If you are an employer, remember: People will work harder for meaning than they ever will for money!
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Thanks Dr. IkeIke Reighard is a man who has devoted his life to helping others
transform ordinary living into an extraordinary life7 responses to “Your Greatness with Dr. Ike”
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I have enjoyed your site very much and benefited from the information. Many thanks!
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Wow.. what a great post to read this helped me lot in my future project.
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Hey, this is an awesome article. Awesome b/c of its truth. There are very few people that are passionate about their profession.
The list of suggestions regarding how to be great in your job are straightforward and helpful.
Health, Fitness for Working People — Darryl Pace
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Since most people spend a high proportion of their lives working, it is important to follow these tips. Working to your greatness helps you enjoy life.
Keri Eagan
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Hi Lynn,
Dr. Ike’s pointers for success and our inner desire for greatness truly is a core need, isn’t it?
Happy Dating and Relationships,
April Braswell
Dating Expert and Online Dating Coach
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“I may have said the same thing before… But my explanation, I am sure, will always be different.” — Oscar Wilde
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We need some passion behind what we do for it to charged with any real and lasting energy.
Anthony
http://www.anthonylemme.com
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Critique Direct February 15th, 2010 at 20:06