Greetings everyone-
Remember how Steve regained control despite a vindictive and overbearing boss?
Steve's life had become miserable since the new boss arrived. His boss never praises or affirms, rather always blames and pushes everyone. Steve was at his limit and ready to march out.
Then, it occurred to him that his current 'bad situation' could be a fertile training ground to develop his power of being proactive. He carefully crafted a list of 'promises' to himself:
- go to the gym before work
- eat on-time and healthy at work
- organize his tasks and tackle them in the order of priority
- send his boss daily and weekly progress updates...
Above all, Steve realized that despite the circumstance he could 'choose' to be happy everyday, 'choose' not to complain about his boss and instead to help him with empathy.
This week, let's develop our power of 'being proactive' by making 'little' promises to ourselves and trying to keep them.
Have an excellent week!
Sincerely,
Your friends at Credo
Monday, October 6, 2014
Monday, August 25, 2014
Monday Motivational
Greetings everyone-
Remember how shopping cart was invented?
Sylvan Goldman owned a small grocery store. He tried many ways to encourage his customers to buy more - promotions, discounts, loyalty cards, etc.. The result was marginal, until he carefully observed how his customers shopped. He noticed people bought as much as they could carry. They stopped shopping when their hands were full!
Armed with this basic insight, Sylvan found some wooden chairs and affixed wheels to the legs and a basket to the seats. The newly invented shopping carts not only made his cash register sing, but also opened up a whole new world of possibility for department stores of the future.
Sylvan Goldman owned a small grocery store. He tried many ways to encourage his customers to buy more - promotions, discounts, loyalty cards, etc.. The result was marginal, until he carefully observed how his customers shopped. He noticed people bought as much as they could carry. They stopped shopping when their hands were full!
Armed with this basic insight, Sylvan found some wooden chairs and affixed wheels to the legs and a basket to the seats. The newly invented shopping carts not only made his cash register sing, but also opened up a whole new world of possibility for department stores of the future.
This week, let's observe carefully to 'see' what was actually there and what is missing when trying to solve problems.
Have an excellent week Team Credo!
Sincerely,
Your friends at Credo
Tuesday, August 19, 2014
Weekly Motivational Message
Greetings everyone-
Remember how Murphy helped 'sinking' Bobby drastically improve his performance in school?
Bobby was constantly late, disruptive in class and rarely did his homework. Frustrated, his teachers sent him to Murphy, the school counselor. Murphy didn't adopt the usual 'archaeology' method, digging into the roots of his misery. Bobby's background unfortunately is messy and fixing it was not in Murphy’s control. Instead, Murphy looked for Bobby's 'bright spots'. Bobby did relatively well at Math. Bobby said he liked his Math teacher. Murphy decoded 3 things the Math teacher did differently:
- She greeted Bobby at the door (so Bobby felt welcome),
- She gave him easier homework (Bobby felt specially supported),
- She always made sure Bobby understood the instructions (since Bobby has a learning disability).
Murphy recommended these 3 simple things to all Bobby's teachers. In 3 months, Bobby's performance improved by a whooping 80%!
This week, let's look for simple, small solutions when facing a daunting big problem.
Have a great week
Remember how Murphy helped 'sinking' Bobby drastically improve his performance in school?
Bobby was constantly late, disruptive in class and rarely did his homework. Frustrated, his teachers sent him to Murphy, the school counselor. Murphy didn't adopt the usual 'archaeology' method, digging into the roots of his misery. Bobby's background unfortunately is messy and fixing it was not in Murphy’s control. Instead, Murphy looked for Bobby's 'bright spots'. Bobby did relatively well at Math. Bobby said he liked his Math teacher. Murphy decoded 3 things the Math teacher did differently:
- She greeted Bobby at the door (so Bobby felt welcome),
- She gave him easier homework (Bobby felt specially supported),
- She always made sure Bobby understood the instructions (since Bobby has a learning disability).
Murphy recommended these 3 simple things to all Bobby's teachers. In 3 months, Bobby's performance improved by a whooping 80%!
This week, let's look for simple, small solutions when facing a daunting big problem.
Have a great week
Monday, August 4, 2014
Monday Motivational
Greetings everyone-
Remember how Murphy helped 'sinking' Bobby drastically improve his performance in school?
Bobby was constantly late, disruptive in class and rarely did his homework. Frustrated, his teachers sent him to Murphy, the school counselor. Murphy didn't adopt the usual 'archaeology' method, digging into the roots his misery. Bobby's background unfortunately messy and fixing it was in Murphy’s control. Instead, Murphy looked for Bobby's 'bright spots'. Bobby did relatively well at Math. Bobby said that he liked his Math teacher. Murphy decoded 3 things the Math teacher did differently:
- She greeted Bobby at the door (so Bobby felt welcome),
- She gave him assistance with homework (Bobby felt specially supported), and
- She always made sure Bobby understood the instructions (since Bobby has a learning disability).
Murphy recommended these 3 simple things all Bobby's teachers. In three months, Bobby's performance improved by a whooping 80%!
This week, let's look for simple, small solutions when facing a daunting problem.
Have an excellent week!
Sincerely,
Your friends at Credo
Remember how Murphy helped 'sinking' Bobby drastically improve his performance in school?
Bobby was constantly late, disruptive in class and rarely did his homework. Frustrated, his teachers sent him to Murphy, the school counselor. Murphy didn't adopt the usual 'archaeology' method, digging into the roots his misery. Bobby's background unfortunately messy and fixing it was in Murphy’s control. Instead, Murphy looked for Bobby's 'bright spots'. Bobby did relatively well at Math. Bobby said that he liked his Math teacher. Murphy decoded 3 things the Math teacher did differently:
- She greeted Bobby at the door (so Bobby felt welcome),
- She gave him assistance with homework (Bobby felt specially supported), and
- She always made sure Bobby understood the instructions (since Bobby has a learning disability).
Murphy recommended these 3 simple things all Bobby's teachers. In three months, Bobby's performance improved by a whooping 80%!
This week, let's look for simple, small solutions when facing a daunting problem.
Have an excellent week!
Sincerely,
Your friends at Credo
Monday, July 21, 2014
Monday Motivational
Greetings everyone-
Remember how NASA landed man on the moon?
In 1961, President Kennedy challenged NASA 'to land a man on the Moon and returning him safely to the Earth' by 1970. To NASA, this was a 'mission impossible'. So, they simplified the mission. Instead of working on trying to land a man on the moon, they decided to hit the moon - literally. Three years later, they successfully smashed Ranger 7 into the moon at high velocity. Then they went through 15 ever-evolving, slightly more complex sub-missions which eventually led to the magnificent moment in the human history - moon walk by Armstrong.
This week, let's not waste energy solving hard problems head-on. Instead, productively grapple with simpler cases to learn how to deal with the complexity.
Have a great week Team Credo!
Sincerely,
Your friends at Credo
Wednesday, July 16, 2014
Weekly Motivational
Greetings everyone-
This week’s motivation comes from how NASA landed man on the moon. In 1961, President Kenney challenged NASA 'to land a man on the Moon and returning him safely to the Earth' by 1970. To NASA, this was a 'mission impossible'. So, they simplified the mission. Instead of working on trying to land a man on the moon, they decided to hit the moon - literally.
Three years later, they successfully smashed Ranger 7 into the moon at high velocity. Then they went through 15 ever-evolving, slightly more complex sub-missions which eventually led to the magnificent moment in the human history - moon walk by Armstrong.
This week, let's not waste energy solving hard problems head-on. Instead, productively grapple with simpler cases to learn how to deal with the complexity.
Have an excellent week Team Credo!
Sincerely,
Your friends at Credo
This week’s motivation comes from how NASA landed man on the moon. In 1961, President Kenney challenged NASA 'to land a man on the Moon and returning him safely to the Earth' by 1970. To NASA, this was a 'mission impossible'. So, they simplified the mission. Instead of working on trying to land a man on the moon, they decided to hit the moon - literally.
Three years later, they successfully smashed Ranger 7 into the moon at high velocity. Then they went through 15 ever-evolving, slightly more complex sub-missions which eventually led to the magnificent moment in the human history - moon walk by Armstrong.
This week, let's not waste energy solving hard problems head-on. Instead, productively grapple with simpler cases to learn how to deal with the complexity.
Have an excellent week Team Credo!
Sincerely,
Your friends at Credo
Wednesday, July 2, 2014
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