Food for Thought

The emotional waves that often ride the tide of the young person's cognitive and decision-making abilities are often present, and your surfing skills, even when the emotional tides are high, can serve you in continuing to help the young person swim to his or her destination.

~ Sylvie Naar-King & Mariann Suarez (Authors of Motivational Interviewing with Adolescents and Young Adults)

 



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Food for Thought - Motivational Interviewing (MI)

MI is a collaborative, person-centred form of guiding to elicit and strengthen motivation for change (Miller & Rollnick, 2009)...it is a gentle, respectful method for communicating with others about their difficulties with change and the possibilities to engage in different, healthier behaviors that are in accord with their own goals and values to maximize human potential.

~ Sylvie Naar-King & Mariann Suarez (Authors of Motivational Interviewing with Adolescents and Young Adults)

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Food for Thought

The harder the problem, the softer the conversation (approach).

~ by Stephen Rollnick (during the Asia-Pacific Symposium on Motivational Interviewing on 5 Feb 2015)

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Food for Thought

If you have talented and motivated people, they should be encouraged to work alone when creativity or efficiency is the highest priority.

~ Organisational Psychologist Adrian Furnham (Quoted by Susan Cain in her book, Quiet)

I agree absolutely!:)

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Food for Thought

Open-plan offices have been found to reduce productivity and impair memory. They're associated with high staff turnover. They make people sick, hostile, unmotivated, and insecure.

~ Susan Cain (Author of Quiet)

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Motivation

Motivation from within is more powerful than motivation from without.

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Whatever it is that you want to do in life, make the primary motivation for your effort something or somebody other than your desire for gratification or reward.

~~Dr Wayne W. Dyer

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