If you are a leader,
an executive, a sales manager,
or any kind of manager or even
a supervisor in your company,
I want to share with you
the number one secret to become
an irresistible leader so
that you can get more
productivity from your
team members.
There are a lot of books
about leadership.
So many of them.
A lot of conferences, a lot
of talk about leadership.
I want to save you some time to
become an irresistible leader.
You need to be on elevator.
You need to lift people.
You need to give them a boost.
Listen, most people in life are
stuck in the bottom floor
of life in the basement,
so to speak.
They need a lift.
Now, the question is,
how do you become an elevator
to lift your team members?
And the answer is Praises
Appreciation and Compliments.
That's right.
Keep praising your team
members, appreciate them
and compliment them.
And you watch what happens.
Simply put.
Do not take your team
members for granted.
As a leader 30 years ago I
worked on an assembly line.
I was spring glue on forms
to assemble some protective
boxes for computers.
The client was IBM.
One day we had a large order.
They asked us to volunteer
to work over time.
And so I signed up as
a good team member.
I decided I was going to work
from 3:00 p.m. to 3:00
in the morning, but around 1:00
in the morning, I was
really extremely exhausted.
So I went to my manager
and said, listen,
I'm extremely tired.
It doesn't look like I have
anything in me to stay
until 3:00 in the morning.
But I want to help you.
I'm a good team member.
I'm going to stay until three
o'clock in the morning.
Do you know what he said to me?
He said, oh, no,
you are not helping me.
You are staying because you
want to make your money.
You want a paycheck.
Now, my manager had the power
of that moment to give
me a lift, a boost.
He could be on elevator
for me in that very moment.
Do you know what happens when
you praise, when you recognize,
when you uplift, you appreciate
another human being?
You release dopamine
in their brain.
The feel good drug.
You cause people to feel
good about themselves.
That is exactly what cocaine
and other drugs do to people
when they consume them.
They give them a boost.
They give them some dopamine.
And they feel good about
themselves,
even though that's a terrible
way to get some dopamine.
Because those drugs,
they will dull your brain.
They will literally
destroy your brain.
But, hey, people
want to feel good.
They'll do anything to feel
good, including
destroying their brain.
Have you ever heard the term dope?
Like some of the young
people; they look at something
that is amazing and they
say this is dope!
Or sometimes you hear people
say such and says is on dope?
That's what it means.
Dope, man.
I challenge you right now.
Yeah.
Walk out of your office.
Just go find a team member
and begin to praise
that team member.
Give that team member a sincere
compliment and watch
that person glow.
I mean, instantly.
Why? You just release some
dopamine in the brain.
That's pretty powerful,
isn't it?
Come to think of it, you don't
even have to be a manager.
You don't have
to be a supervisor.
You don't need to be
an executive to be a leader.
If you want to be a leader,
regardless of your title or
your position,
just be on elevator,
on your team, praise,
recognize, appreciate
your team members.
And that would make
you an instant leader.
In essence, this is the secret
of leadership.
That's how you become
an irresistible leader in order
to get more productivity
from your team members.
All right.
Take care.
Have a good one.