To really want something means to let a goal become completely alive in your mind’s eye, as Rolf described in the last podcast. Through your sensory channels you can experience how it is when you have reached your goal. Because where there is a will…and thus

Welcome to the Emotional Connectivity Podcast of Talent Management Academy!

If you want something, you will find ways – if you don’t want something, you will find reasons. A sentence that says a lot about motivation, personal responsibility and goals.

I remember when my children were small. In kindergarten, for example, parents and children had to do handicraft work for a special occasion. Of course, this required materials and some time coupled with creativity. And again and again I heard the one or the other say, no, I can’t do it on this date, besides, I don’t know where to buy this craft material and I’m allergic to glue… Many words for the „I simply don’t want to“.

Or exercise and sports. I can’t run through the woods as regularly now, it’s dark so early…. and I’m so busy at work that I haven’t made it to the gym either. Does this sound familiar?

The question is what you can influence or change yourself. If, for example, your doctor tells you that you should get up half an hour earlier every morning for sports, you are immediately ready to problematize and find reasons why this is not possible. But if you set yourself a sporting goal that you really want to achieve and can achieve under your own steam, you will find solutions for yourself to implement. Because then you organize your day in such a way that sporting activity can be integrated.

I invite you to observe yourself during this week. When do you immediately see problems or obstacles, what does it have to do with you and your motivation, your personal responsibility and your goals. Make yourself aware of which adjustments you can make and which results you can achieve with them. If you are really fascinated by a project like going to the sea by bike, you will find ways how to get there, which preparations you need and how your motivation is, if e.g. rainy weather is announced.

I wish you good insights in self-observation and functioning implementation strategies. And if you don’t want to do it, then say it as it is for you. Be honest with yourself – your attitude is the key to action!

We from Talent Management Academy wish you a lot of fun!