Every year, Gallup surveys German employees' motivation in the workplace. Every year the results are sobering (see this graph at Spiegel online): More than two Thirds of the working population only work to rule, passively, with low emotional involvement or loyalty to their company. Just around 13% are highly motivated and productive. I told this to a colleague and she said that in ancient times the passive two Thirds were the slaves. Hm.
The Harvard Business Review has an interview with Twyla Tharp (unfortunately not free content), a leading American dancer and choreographer and author of "The Creative Habit". What she has to say is useful advice for business leaders as well as employees: Creativity, personal development is not something restricted to a few fortunately gifted people. (In fact, believing that creativity is a closed domain for a few selected is a comfortable excuse for staying passive.) There is always a choice. Be a slave or not.
And one way to keep the mind open and creative is to move the body. What would Twyla Tharp tell Steve Jobs to do, if he came to see her?
"Hit the deck, let's do 30 push-ups." That's the first thing I'd say to any
businessperson: Get moving. Because one of the things I think I have to offer
people is the knowledge that using your body makes your brain work better.
See Twyla Tharp giving practical tips here:
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