
BUILDING STRONG RELATIONSHIPS
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If, like Aristotle, you have a strong away-from motivation you
are likely to continue with your role because of what may
happen if you don’t – you’ll miss your targets, lose your job,
won’t be able to feed the family and so on. You would avoid
difficult clients and situations if you could but you will probably
persevere out of concern for what might happen if you don’t.
This may be good for your organisation but makes life tough
for you. Try making life easier by consciously focusing on the
positive aspects of your role, the people you come into contact
with and