TAMARA LOWE
GET MOTIVATED!
OVERCOME ANY OBSTACLE, ACHIEVE ANY GOAL, AND ACCELERATE YOUR SUCCESS WITH MOTIVATIONAL DNA (FEBRUARY 2009)
by Tamara Lowe
In GET MOTIVATED!: Overcome any Obstacle, Achieve any Goal, and Accelerate your Success with Motivational DNA (Doubleday; January 27, 2009; $24.95), motivational expert Tamara Lowe explains that just as we have a unique sequence of genes that dictate whether we have brown hair, or a medium build, or blue eyes, so too do we each have a unique sequence of personality traits that dictate how we are inspired, driven, and motivated.
Drawing on two decades of research and thousands of interviews, Lowe unveils a groundbreaking tool for unlocking our motivational DNA. In Part 1 of GET MOTIVATED!, Lowe reveals how we can decode the unique combination of six factors – connection, stability, variety, internal awards, and external awards – that make up out motivational DNA. By using this simple yet powerful tool, Lowe shows us how we can develop specific strategies and techniques to motivate ourselves and others – from our spouses and children to friends and co-workers.
In Part II, Lowe draws on her 25 years working with some of the world’s highest achievers to reveal the eight primary motivational styles that people fall into and offers practical advice on how to best motivate, inspire, and lead each type. In discussing each motivational style, she features anecdotes about some of the most influential and successful people of our time, ranging from Colin Powell to Mother Teresa.
And finally, in Part III, she equips readers with the tools and techniques to harness and sustain our motivational energy, as well as the energy of others, to achieve extraordinary success in every aspect of our careers and our lives.
Illustrated with countless stories and anecdotes from her own life, as well as her work with some of the world’s most successful achievers, Lowe offers practical strategies each of us can use to harness, create, and sustain our motivational energy and to successfully motivate those we work with, parent, and manage.
Tamara Lowe is the co-founder and Executive Vice President of Get Motivated, Inc., a training company that produces the world’s largest business seminars. Tamara’s audiences average more than 17,000 people per event, and her GET MOTIVATED business seminars attracted over 300,000 people per year. In her 25 years as a public speaker and motivator, she has reached over 3 million people in over 80 countries. She has been featured on 60 Minutes, CNN, USA Today, People, Time Magazine, as well as on numerous radio shows, and is a contributing writer for a number of national magazines, newspapers and periodicals
To find out what your Motivational DNA is, please take the free test at www.getmotivatedbook.com.
I hope you find this as insightful as I have and will consider it as you plan your February schedule.