Mark Daniels is starting a new series with a great perspective on encouragement. I "encourage" many to take a look...
Link: Better Living: Thoughts from Mark Daniels: The Power of Encouragement, Part 1.
Each of these three outstanding teachers were demanding and stern, in their ways.
But they also all had some other things in common. They cared and they encouraged each of us.
They did these things not with compliments or hugs, both of which can be used appropriately to bring encouragement to people. But it was in their stringent demands for excellence that they showed how much they cared and by which they encouraged us to do our best. For a person like me, prone to a lack of self-discipline, their styles were hugely encouraging. Their approaches to us expressed their belief that we could do better than any of us might dream possible.
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