FEBRUARY 2006 - SBC CLUB MEETING
	This month we gathered at the University of Surrey for what was informally billed as ‘the Dr Joe Gelona Show’! The evening began with the formal networking session, where our Guests have a chance to meet the Members. Joe was standing in for Paul Cawthorne as facilitator, while Paul is away exploring the golf courses of sunny Portugal. Makes a change from the golf courses of Surrey – but we do wonder where Paul manages to fit work into his crowded schedule!

Joe was also our main speaker for the evening in his capacity as a business psychologist and coach. The subject was motivation, and how to ‘Raise your game by boosting your self-motivation’. After introducing and defining his subject, Joe explained how internal motivation is the product of our cognitive state combined with our emotional reaction to any given situation.

We are driven by two key emotions – fear and desire – and fear has been shown to impair mental capacity. So we perform better if motivated by the desire to achieve clear goals and realise our own vision. In short, we need to accentuate the positive!

Our session was interactive, with the audience completing a self-analysis survey comprising various multiple-choice questions, and following up by working in pairs to discuss issues arising from the survey, and discover what motivates us as individuals.

Joe gave us plenty of suggestions and ideas to take away and apply in our own businesses, so we can become more effective and happier in our work. We need to increase our awareness of what drives us by assessing our resources and belief systems, and focusing on our strengths This will help us to have a positive outcome expectancy – and if we expect the best from ourselves and our business, that’s what we’ll get! Thanks, Joe, for a thought-provoking evening.

After the meeting, the Beverage Circle decided to try out the Anchor and Horseshoes in Burpham – a particularly smoky venue which we won’t be hurrying back to (although the beer was well kept)!

Click on these thumbnails in this gallery of photographs taken by club photographer and member Peter Searight of The Remarkable Studio.
Peter can provide prints from high-resolution originals if anyone would like them - contact Peter on 01428 725520 or via his website, www.theremarkablestudio.com.