Encouragement

Have you ever thought about the power of words of encouragement? In my classes I often speak about management skills, and how they are not just for management. One of those skills is to inspire others to do their best at the work they are doing. Words of encouragement will often help to motivate others to do better.
One thing that seems to very often be overlooked by some management is that the power of potential. Sometimes the greatest projects are completed only because everyone was looking at what could be done, not just at what was able to be done in the past. Jimmy Johnson the first football coach whose teams won both an NCAA Division 1A National Championship and a Super Bowl said, “Treat a person as he is, and he will remain as he is. Treat a person as if he were where he could be and should be, and he will become what he could be and should be.”
We need to look at each other and see what we can be. Every one is given natural talents and a desire to excel, we, unfortunately, often learn to limit ourselves and expect less than is there for us. When we look at ourselves, or others, we can look at what we are, what we have become or what we can be. L say look at what our potential is, or slightly higher, because where you look that’s where you will go.