When You Remove The Need For Praise, You Give People Their Power Back

Inside of most companies, when somebody does a good job, what do we usually say to them? Congratulations. Great work. Great job. Awesome. Thank you. And they're all happy. What I've trained people how to do is when someone tells me they closed a big deal, I said, of course you did. That's why you're on the team. I need to condition people to believe that's what they're supposed to do, not for my approval. Person that performs at the highest level doesn't need anybody to tell them good job. If they always need someone to tell them good job, they're always going to need to be motivated. Michael Jordan did not need motivation. He was the motivation. If they always have to do it for me, what happens if I don't show up? What happens if I don't say it the right way today? So I take the emotion out of it and I give them the power back.