Hey PCI Scholars!

So I have created a new TPI card for my daily (nearly 😉  reflections , that I have by my desk near my vision board~ What do you think?

I started to read an interesting book this week, and wanted to share one of the thought that I jumped out at me, so that I added a new card to my TPI cards:

First, I will tell you about the book. It is called Creating The Perfect Lifestyle, by Oli Hille

The Quote is:  I can have any lifestyle I choose. Think about that for a minute, and I will say it again:

I can have any lifestyle I choose

Hille notes that often times we simply do not believe statements such as this,  so we need to re-read it frequently to make sure it “gets” down deep into our brains! Sounds a bit like a TPI daily review to me, right?

Speaking of Lou Tice and TPI, here is another short motivational reflection from Lou’s Inner Circle emails:

When young children get to that stage in their development, where they have a pretty good idea of who they are and what they want to do, they can become pretty stubborn when you want them to do something or go somewhere. What do they want to know? “Why?” I have watched parents, at the mall, fighting a losing battle with a small child who doesn’t understand (or doesn’t want to understand) why it’s time to leave.

Other than patience, what is missing from this scenario? The reason why it’s time to leave. The child wants to know the value, the “WIIFM” of leaving. “What’s In It For Me?” And when it comes right down to it, we all want to know WIIFM when it comes to change. Because we think in pictures, we need to see the new picture, get comfortable with the new picture, before we are going to move toward it.

Leaders of change initiatives, change agents, whatever you want to call them, could take a lesson or two from WIIFM. Knowing that human beings think in pictures, that we automatically move toward the strongest picture – and it doesn’t matter if it is forward to the new or backward to the old – it is the strongest picture that fascinates us. If you are working to move an organization to a new level of performance, a four-year old out of the mall, or a teenager into doing the dishes, you need to paint the brightest, most fascinating picture of the end result you want.

Now, I know what some of you are thinking as you read this: Lou, I’m happy to move to a new picture, as long as I can trust the folks in charge. And you are correct. Trust is a huge issue in any organization of people, whether it’s a Fortune 500 company or a family of four – especially when change is on the horizon. Credibility of leadership is almost more important than the new picture.

Again, That was a quote from Lou Tice’s Winner’s Circle digest that you can get.  Just let me know you are interested, and I will send you the information~ It’s FREE!

What about you? What are your favorite TPI statements that you reflect on daily? Share some of yours below or on Facebook if you like. ~ THANKS!