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"You cannot transcend what you do not know, to go beyond yourself, you must know yourself"
- Sri Nisargadatta Maharaj
The Universal Hierarchy of Motivation (or UHM) is an on-line multi-cultural typological personality instrument which is ideal for mentoring, counselling, teaching or coaching to support professional, personal or team development (however, it must not be used as the basis for selecting, assessing, recruiting or promoting people). It has proved excellent in supporting both life coaching and executive coaching.
Why use the UHM? Overall because it is 'whole mind' thinking which is much more effective than even 'whole brain' thinking (and you live your life through your mind not brain)
In particular, there are three important reasons why the UHM can provide the greatest insights and best predictions for your life and experience. Firstly, motivation is not so deep that it is beyond conscious awareness and control yet it is deep enough to have a profound effect on your life. It also connects the ‘deeper’ aspects of yourself – such as your values, beliefs and your needs which are too deep to work on directly. So you can work more deeply on your attitude (your thoughts and feelings) which directly affects what you decide. Therefore you can deeply impact your life because life is largely the result of cause – the decisions you make – and effect – their consequences!
Secondly, your success in life derives from your motivation. Success is linked to performance, and performance comes from your behaviour. But your behaviour comes from what you can do (ability) combined with what you want to do (motivation). Your ability is highly developable as is your intelligence – there are four types of intelligence and no one is naturally high or low in all of them. We are all high in some and low in others, and all can be increased (yes, even your demonstrated IQ! You can take the Universal Hierarchy of Motivation Individual Report if you want to find out more about your intelligences). It is motivation which determines what we do. In short - ability is what you are capable of doing but it is motivation which determines what you do (and therefore has the bigger impact on your life).
Thirdly, the UHM shows that there is no such thing as an unmotivated person, just a person who is not motivated about the things we want them to be motivated! A few targetted questions provide insights into the person's driving motivations (See Human Capability link on the Services web page).
Accuracy of the UHM
A random sample of 163 respondents – across both genders, ranging between 20-60 years of age, and from a wide variety of ethnic groups (including European, Asian, American and African) – reported the accuracy of their Report to be over 81% across cultures (yet the questionnaire only requires answers to 14 multiple choice questions).
| ‘I had initial skepticism as to whether the UHM questions could provide any meaningful outcomes, but to my great surprise it was so horrifically accurate in identifying my main traits as well as offering guidance in personal development. Having attended a number of such management courses previously let me say your course is the only one that ties the key concepts in any intuitive and meaningful manner… l am confident of achieving better outcomes having been exposed to your philosophies and unique concepts. I should have done this [the UHM] 20 years ago as it is spot on’ - Peter Earle Grad Dip [OHM], CPMSIA, RSP - Occupational Health and Safety Coordinator, Monash City Council |
To Complete UHM Questionnaire
The Questionnaire takes about 15-20 minutes to complete and there are four versions of the Report available: a Free report, Personal report, Professional report (recommended and you get 37-40 pages of in depth report on youreself) and Executive report, and there are literally billions of possible Professional Report outcomes. The UHM is a typological, as opposed to a trait instrument, and you can obtain your UHM Report by completing the on-line questionnaire at the secure site: www.accuratesurveys.com/uhm
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