Why wait for your manager to cook up contests, rewards and incentives? Keep your business fresh and exciting by creating your own fun and games.

If you are like me, you take great pride in being paid on commission and wouldn’t have it any other way. But sometimes, the regular commission plan is not enough to keep the old fire of desire red hot and ready.

Just as your muscles adapt to your regular training routine and need changing stimuli to keep up the training effect. The human psyche also adapts. So juice up your work with a little extra challenge.

Set up a short term contest for yourself. Just as some companies might offer a cash spiff or dinner and a show for hitting a sales quota, you simply set up a similar arrangement for yourself, based on your goals. The incentive program you create for yourself can be WAY more effective than anything your manager could set up for you.

1. First, when you set your business goals, mentally tie them into your highest purpose, values and desires. In doing this you pour gallons of the highest octane fuel into your internal motivation engine.
2. Then, by setting up interim rewards for hitting important milestones along the way, you are shooting boosts of nitrous oxide into your fuel system – a little extra turbo charge to keep the trip interesting.
3. Now break your goal plan into small chunks. For each smaller goal assign yourself little rewards. These rewards may be as simple as treating yourself to an ice cream cone or they may involve more complex and expensive things. Perhaps you will buy that pair of shoes you have been wanting, or that new electronic gadget. Whatever it is, make it something you really want, and you really enjoy.
4. If possible set aside the money for your reward in a special account ahead of time. Then resolve not to indulge in your chosen reward until you have achieved your goal. You may want to enlist the help of someone else to act as your accountability partner. Many of us find ourselves more responsive to external accountability than we are to merely being accountable to ourselves.

Now go to work, and when you achieve the goal, then celebrate. Enjoy yourself!

Be Free!

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