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What Drives You?

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Does your attitude in the gym reflect your attitude in the workplace?

On those cold, dark days where we really have to dig deep to get ourselves into an exercise frame of mind, have you ever looked at your fellow gym-goers or road-runners and thought "I wonder what motivated them today? What are they here for?".

No matter how difficult it was for us to get going, you can guarantee that there will be others out there pounding the pavement or pumping iron who have also overcome inertia to get themselves going.

YouGov, that well known polling company, recently released an interesting article that looked at some of the motivations and mentality of people who are gym members, using the data they have from pollster's profiles.

Their data suggests that 12% of people describe themselves as gym-goers (not entirely clear if that is 12% of YouGov Panel members of the general population) and by comparing other information held in their data sets, the statisticians were able to conclude that these gym-goers "as a group they are a distinct breed – more driven and disciplined than the rest of the population".

Interestingly, these motivated gym-goers were more likely to give up some of their spare time to further their working careers than the rest of the population. This suggests that those that have the self-discipline to exercise regularly and make the effort to travel to a gym are also more likely to be driven and ambitious in their careers. Of course, one doesn't cause the other - it is just a reflection of people's mindsets.

Another interesting attribute that the statistics highlighted 74% of gym-goers say they don’t like being told what to do and that 39% believe they can often get people to come around to their way of thinking. This highlights that those with the resilience and motivation to regularly go to the gym are more likely to prefer to be more independent in aspects of their life and confident in their dealings with others.

Do you recognise yourself in any of this? Next time you glance across at your bench-press buddy or pass someone in the park jogging, just remember you may have more in common with them than you think!

KEY POINTS

  • 12% say they're gym-goers

  • 38% motivated by career progression more than money

  • Gym-goers more driven and disciplined
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