Comments on: Cue the Marvin Gaye: Dan, Drive and the Dance http://lauriefoley.com/2010/01/what-drives-an-entrepreneur/ Online Business Coach - Atlanta, GA Wed, 16 May 2012 05:12:46 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Laurie Foley http://lauriefoley.com/2010/01/what-drives-an-entrepreneur/comment-page-1/#comment-415 Laurie Foley Fri, 08 Jan 2010 17:04:27 +0000 http://lauriefoley.com/?p=1419#comment-415 @Kay - I have NO DOUBT that you will have a new line soon! @Cath - Thanks!! I resisted the urge to mention ankle-biting again in the post... GREAT point that these motivation factors are not JUST about about our "big work." We can apply them across the board. Now how would I autonomously, purposefully and masterfully clean off the mess on my desk?... @Heather - Hope you enjoy the book, too - let me know! I loved your promises post on your blog: http://hireheathervilla.com/2009/12/31/10-promises-for-2010/ .-= Laurie Foley´s last blog ..<a href="http://lauriefoley.com/2010/01/what-drives-an-entrepreneur/" rel="nofollow">Cue the Marvin Gaye: Dan, Drive and the Dance</a> =-. @Kay – I have NO DOUBT that you will have a new line soon!

@Cath – Thanks!! I resisted the urge to mention ankle-biting again in the post… GREAT point that these motivation factors are not JUST about about our “big work.” We can apply them across the board. Now how would I autonomously, purposefully and masterfully clean off the mess on my desk?…

@Heather – Hope you enjoy the book, too – let me know! I loved your promises post on your blog:
http://hireheathervilla.com/2009/12/31/10-promises-for-2010/
.-= Laurie Foley´s last blog ..Cue the Marvin Gaye: Dan, Drive and the Dance =-.

]]> By: Heather Villa http://lauriefoley.com/2010/01/what-drives-an-entrepreneur/comment-page-1/#comment-414 Heather Villa Fri, 08 Jan 2010 11:06:43 +0000 http://lauriefoley.com/?p=1419#comment-414 Freedom and purpose definitely drive me. As an entrepreneur I'm looking to make a difference, no only in my life, but in others. Hoping my training and experience can help others in some way. Great post! I will be checking out Dan's book because of your recommendation. .-= Heather Villa´s last blog ..<a href="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/HeatherVilla-ImplementationSpecialist/~3/Nor7XffRk-M/" rel="nofollow">Pay it forward for big payback</a> =-. Freedom and purpose definitely drive me. As an entrepreneur I’m looking to make a difference, no only in my life, but in others. Hoping my training and experience can help others in some way.

Great post! I will be checking out Dan’s book because of your recommendation.
.-= Heather Villa´s last blog ..Pay it forward for big payback =-.

]]> By: Cath Duncan http://lauriefoley.com/2010/01/what-drives-an-entrepreneur/comment-page-1/#comment-413 Cath Duncan Fri, 08 Jan 2010 05:34:28 +0000 http://lauriefoley.com/?p=1419#comment-413 Okay, Laurie, now that Kay's out of the picture, it's just you and me. I'm sure we can come to some sort of timeshare aarrangement on being Dan's biggest fan. We're different time zones and all. It could be quite amicable - no ankle-biting or anything... Seriously though, what a great post. I was also inspired by Dan to go deeper on the purpose-focus. And what particularly interested me was the little attention he gave to the idea of "finding the tasks you love doing" which so many of us Renaissance souls find so hard. I found it interesting and inspiring that the factors that he gave his attention to: autonomy, mastery and purpose, are all very much within our control and stuff that we can "make up" in whatever work/ tasks we're doing. Looking forward to seeing more of the dance of your soul this year :) Okay, Laurie, now that Kay’s out of the picture, it’s just you and me. I’m sure we can come to some sort of timeshare aarrangement on being Dan’s biggest fan. We’re different time zones and all. It could be quite amicable – no ankle-biting or anything…

Seriously though, what a great post. I was also inspired by Dan to go deeper on the purpose-focus. And what particularly interested me was the little attention he gave to the idea of “finding the tasks you love doing” which so many of us Renaissance souls find so hard. I found it interesting and inspiring that the factors that he gave his attention to: autonomy, mastery and purpose, are all very much within our control and stuff that we can “make up” in whatever work/ tasks we’re doing.

Looking forward to seeing more of the dance of your soul this year :)

]]> By: Kay Ballard http://lauriefoley.com/2010/01/what-drives-an-entrepreneur/comment-page-1/#comment-412 Kay Ballard Fri, 08 Jan 2010 02:04:53 +0000 http://lauriefoley.com/?p=1419#comment-412 Laurie, since it is all about me, I must reveal to you that I no longer have affection for Dan Pink. He used my favorite, and I thought, very own original lawyer joke in his TED Talk. ("Don't hold it against me; law school was a youthful indiscretion.") My joke has become useless to me. It is Dan Pink's joke now. My only consolation is that while the line always got me laughs, it was ineffective in persuading people not to "hold it against me"! LOL! Very little empathy for my misspent youth! Laurie, since it is all about me, I must reveal to you that I no longer have affection for Dan Pink. He used my favorite, and I thought, very own original lawyer joke in his TED Talk. (“Don’t hold it against me; law school was a youthful indiscretion.”) My joke has become useless to me. It is Dan Pink’s joke now.

My only consolation is that while the line always got me laughs, it was ineffective in persuading people not to “hold it against me”! LOL! Very little empathy for my misspent youth!

]]> By: Laurie Foley http://lauriefoley.com/2010/01/what-drives-an-entrepreneur/comment-page-1/#comment-410 Laurie Foley Thu, 07 Jan 2010 22:45:03 +0000 http://lauriefoley.com/?p=1419#comment-410 @Martha - I'm definitely headed for more exciting territory. Wanna ride shotgun? @Dani - Hearing it again and again, eh? @Maura - Cabana service! Bwah-ha-ha! I almost blew hot tea on my keyboard when I read that. @Sue - Thanks so much! Focus is a big theme of this year for me. But I'm only willing to focus on things that really light me up. .-= Laurie Foley´s last blog ..<a href="http://lauriefoley.com/2010/01/what-drives-an-entrepreneur/" rel="nofollow">Cue the Marvin Gaye: Dan, Drive and the Dance</a> =-. @Martha – I’m definitely headed for more exciting territory. Wanna ride shotgun?

@Dani – Hearing it again and again, eh?

@Maura – Cabana service! Bwah-ha-ha! I almost blew hot tea on my keyboard when I read that.

@Sue – Thanks so much! Focus is a big theme of this year for me. But I’m only willing to focus on things that really light me up.
.-= Laurie Foley´s last blog ..Cue the Marvin Gaye: Dan, Drive and the Dance =-.

]]> By: Sue in Florida http://lauriefoley.com/2010/01/what-drives-an-entrepreneur/comment-page-1/#comment-409 Sue in Florida Thu, 07 Jan 2010 21:24:13 +0000 http://lauriefoley.com/?p=1419#comment-409 Laurie - that is why you are such a great coach - you get your "coachee" to focus on the purpose and meaning of what they want to do. You can work hard when you care about something and listening to your gut helps. Laurie – that is why you are such a great coach – you get your “coachee” to focus on the purpose and meaning of what they want to do. You can work hard when you care about something and listening to your gut helps.

]]> By: Maura http://lauriefoley.com/2010/01/what-drives-an-entrepreneur/comment-page-1/#comment-408 Maura Thu, 07 Jan 2010 17:25:09 +0000 http://lauriefoley.com/?p=1419#comment-408 Love how you call it the Soul's Dance Floor. Now THAT is THE place to be..... May you be amused. Enchanted. Enlightened. Energized. I'm sure I'll hear your "Weee-hah" all the way from the west coast. In a way, it's like becoming like a little kid again, oh, and one with all this adult experience we've accumulated (plus that left brain marinade you mention.) You inspire me to keep surfing the beaches of the Right Brain! Now does Pink do cabana service? I wanna know! --Maura Love how you call it the Soul’s Dance Floor. Now THAT is THE place to be…..
May you be amused. Enchanted. Enlightened. Energized. I’m sure I’ll hear your “Weee-hah” all the way from the west coast.

In a way, it’s like becoming like a little kid again, oh, and one with all this adult experience we’ve accumulated (plus that left brain marinade you mention.) You inspire me to keep surfing the beaches of the Right Brain! Now does Pink do cabana service? I wanna know! –Maura

]]> By: Dani Webb http://lauriefoley.com/2010/01/what-drives-an-entrepreneur/comment-page-1/#comment-407 Dani Webb Thu, 07 Jan 2010 16:26:31 +0000 http://lauriefoley.com/?p=1419#comment-407 Aye yie yie Laurie! I've gotten this message on the "why" about 40 gazillion times in 24 hours. I thought I knew, and I am being challenged to go deeper. Thanks for this. And here's to your "Why." (And your crush. ) :) .-= Dani Webb´s last blog ..<a href="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/DestinationLife/~3/pMMKpeJ5v9E/running-asheville-training-half-marathon-sept-20.html" rel="nofollow">I Did It!</a> =-. Aye yie yie Laurie! I’ve gotten this message on the “why” about 40 gazillion times in 24 hours. I thought I knew, and I am being challenged to go deeper.

Thanks for this. And here’s to your “Why.” (And your crush. ) :)
.-= Dani Webb´s last blog ..I Did It! =-.

]]> By: Martha http://lauriefoley.com/2010/01/what-drives-an-entrepreneur/comment-page-1/#comment-406 Martha Thu, 07 Jan 2010 14:54:55 +0000 http://lauriefoley.com/?p=1419#comment-406 Love it, Laura Lou. Can't wait to hear about where you're headed. Thanks for the heads up on the TED talk. Love it, Laura Lou. Can’t wait to hear about where you’re headed. Thanks for the heads up on the TED talk.

]]> By: Laurie http://lauriefoley.com/2010/01/what-drives-an-entrepreneur/comment-page-1/#comment-405 Laurie Thu, 07 Jan 2010 14:22:56 +0000 http://lauriefoley.com/?p=1419#comment-405 @Laura - SO TRUE! Thank you for adding that vital point. @Laura – SO TRUE! Thank you for adding that vital point.

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