Remind Yourself

Here are some more ideas from the book “They Shoot Managers, Don’t They?” by Terry L. Paulsen.

Remind yourself of changes you’re trying to effect with key words (like POSITIVE FEEDBACK or BETTER LISTENING) on sticky notes to put on:

• the telephone
• your debit card
• the dashboard of your car
• the refrigerator
• the television
• the bathroom mirror
• your computer monitor
• your coffee cup

Change the messages when you catch yourself not noticing them anymore. Write keywords for goals on sticky notes to place on your calendar as a reminder. At the end of the day, write one thing you did to bring yourself closer to your goals. Then move it to the next day. Follow this procedure for a month.

15 Ways to Collect and Organize Ideas by the Learning Nerd (who has now moved to a new location) has more great ways to remind yourself. The Efficient Executive added two more ideas.

On page 71 of the book, it says: “There is only one way to influence others: provide the context that invites change within the other individual.”

How can we do this?

• Ask the right questions
• Share a visual image of the vision you see
• Tell stories
• Listen

Any other ideas?