Do you know without encouragement in life, you cannot really succeed?

Because enouragement makes you feel your worth. Encouraging words revives your crumbled morale.

You often read quotes about encouragement when you feel down and out, don’t you?

“You can do it”

“You have amazing capacity”

“You are reliable”

Do not tell me such words of encouragement does not revitalize you?

Of course, it does

It is quite impossible to improvise yourself without encouragement in life.

“You are useless”

“You never had capacity”

Such discouraging words pulls down your energy level to the rock bottom and makes you depressed that you are no good.

‘Correction does much, but encouragement does more.’- Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe

Without encouragement in life your morale is shattered and battered, isn’t it?

It is encouraging words which literally pull your life out of the depressive pit it has fallen into. Encouragement makes you want to do better and better in your life.

But most of you are not lucky to be encouraged. You are often browbeaten by your own family. When your family is not encouraging, you feel discouraged in your life.

You also feel disheartened when your work is overlooked by the management without a word of encouragement.

Why do you attach so much importance to encouragement in life?

Let us suppose you are an actor. And you are performing before an audience.

How will you feel when the audience are quiet and silent during your performance?

You are downcast that your performance is not appreciated by the audience. And this feeling affects your performance. You find that you are unable to perform to your optimum best.

Let us now reverse the scenario!

How will you feel when the audience go mad with appreciation about your performance and their applause rocks the whole arena?

You are now in cloud nine and your performance touches a new peak.

This is the power of encouragement.

Life is a challenge.

It is a battle ground for survival.

Life is full of problems.

You often feel browbeaten by the persistent failures you face in your life, don’t you?

When others talk about your incapacity to succeed,you feel even more depressed and miserable. The discouragement of others make you feel that your life is meaningless and aimless.

Do you know what you drastically need when you are going through a traumatic phase in your life?

Some words of encouragement to say that you are worthy and capable. When you are encouraged, you see a ray of hope in your life.

Do you now realize that one can succeed without words of encouragement?

Here is why!

• Encouragement prods you to do better.
• It makes you feel energetic.
• Encouragement makes you work-efficient.
• It makes you feel good about yourself.
• It makes you feel capable.
• Encouragement boosts your energy level.

Can you see the power of encouragement in life?

Your morale is instantly boosted when you hear encouraging words about your ability.

• A stage performer needs the applause of the audience to perform even better.
• A child is in absolute glee at your words of encouragement when he takes his first tottering steps.
• An employee wants to give his best when he is encouraged by the management for his proficiency.
• Your children like you when you have encouraging words for them.

So, everyone needs some sort of encouragement in their life.

The modern world is very harsh and mercenary. You are thrust aside unworthy of notice when you face failures.  

There are times when you feel absolutely pulled down by the negative comments you hear about you. Your mind crumbles in dejection and frustration when other people say hurting words about your failure. You feel terribly friendless and lost.

You crave for moral support from your loved and dear ones. When they encourage you, your sagging morale is boosted.

• It is because words of encouragement conveys the message that you have moral support.
• It makes you feel you are capable.
• It also makes you feel you are needed.

How I was encouraged by my family.

A few years ago, I was facing many traumatic situations in my life. I lost my husband and I was financially down. It is needless to say that I felt lost and depressed about my life.

I lost confidence in myself.

My mind screamed to hear consoling words of encouragement and support. I got it from my family.

I need not say that their encouragement and support helped me pull through the miserable phase of my life with some hope.

If my family had not encouraged me, I would have wallowed in self-pity, virtually destroying my life.

What happens if you are left alone to fend for yourself when you are in the doldrums?

You feel that no one understands your capacity and talent. Terrible loneliness envelops you.

What is the sort of encouragement do you need?

• You want to be shown that you are worthy.
• You want appreciation for your hard work.
• You want the moral support of your spouse.
• You want your friends to encourage you.

Encouragement in your workplace

Your work decides how successful you are going to be in your life. But you often face tough competition from your colleagues.

Often you are compelled to compete with your colleagues to prove your worth to the management. So, you work hard with the aim of moving up the ladder of success.

What happens when the management keeps criticizing your work?

You hate your work atmosphere, don’t you?

A sense of frustration envelops you. You do not feel like giving your best to your job.

Let us reverse the situation!

What happens when the management appreciates your contribution towards the company?

You feel at the top of the world, don’t you?

You feel absolutely worthy. And you want to do better and better in your work.

Can you now see the power of encouragement in life?

Encouragement in marriage relationship

Most marriages would work fine if couples encouraged each other. But this never happens in most modern marriages.

In actual fact, you accuse and demean your spouse rather than encourage him\her.

Wife overlooks the contribution of her husband towards the family. She nags him about his irresponsibility and disorganization.

“You are always lazy and irresponsible.”

“Your friend earns more than you. Why can’t you do better as them.”

Completely discouraging words, aren’t they?

If the wife was encouraging, she could have easily become the queen in the life of her husband.

Husband too fails to understand that his wife is his pillar of strength. He takes for granted that it is her duty to look after the family.

“What were you doing all day long?”

“Why can’t you think and spend?”

No encouraging words!

When the husband fails to encourage his wife, she begins to nag him threadbare.

How nice it would be if husband and wife knew the magic of encouragement.

It easily makes both come closer to each other.

Most marriage struggle because you do not encourage and appreciate your spouse.

Your children too need encouragement

Ask your children what they dislike about you.  Their answer is invariably about how much they hate your discouraging comments about their ability.

They also hate it when you compare them negatively with other children.

“You are not as good as your friends.”

“Your brother\sister is far more intelligent than you.”

“You are incapable to succeed.”

Such discouraging demolishes the confidence of your children.

Encouraged children are always very happy and loving. They do not develop complexities of a discouraged child.

Conclusion

“I consider my ability to arouse enthusiasm among men the greatest asset I possess. The way to develop the best that is in a man is by appreciation and encouragement.”- Charles Schwab

Every human being wants to be loved and appreciated.

You are no different. You too crave for words of encouragement.

It makes you feel you are capable isn’t it?

But sadly, most of you are never encouraged in your life.

The magic of encouragement makes you assertive and confident.

It transforms you into a new you!