Writer, Mark Twain warned "Keep away from people who try to belittle your ambitions. SMALL people always do that, but the REALLY GREAT make you feel that you too, can become great".
Question...how do most people FEEL when they are around you? Do they feel small and insignificant, do they feel used and abused? Do they feel like they can achieve anything, do they feel loved and appreciated?
The key to how you treat people lies in how you THINK about them. It's a matter of ATTITUDE. How you act towards people reveals what you really believe about them.
If you've ever tried to deceive someone, you obviously thought they were dumb enough not to see through your tricks - therefore your actions said that you believed that person was a fool!
A man once said 'Treat a man as he appears to be and you make him WORSE. But treat a man as if he already were what he could potentially be, and you make him what he SHOULD be.'
In 'Buliding Your Mate's Self Esteem', Dennis Railey tells a wonderful story about nuturing hope that can lead to the development of great potential...
There was boy named Tommy who had a particular hard time in school. He continually asked questions. and he could never quite keep up. It seemed that he failed every time he tried something. His teacher finally gave up on him and told his mother that he could not learn and would never amount to much! But Tommy's mother was a NURTURER! She BELIEVED in him. She ended up teaching him at home, and each time he failed, she gave him hope and encouraged him to keep trying!
Whatever happened to Tommy??? Tommy became one of the greatest INVENTORS and BUSINESSMEN in history! His name - THOMAS EDISON.
Edison is famous for being one of the most prolific inventors in history!!! Holding 1,093 U.S. patents in his name, as well as many patents in the United Kingdom, France and Germany. He is credited with numerous inventions that contributed to mass communication and, in particular, telecommunications.
He developed many devices that greatly influenced life around the world, including the phonograph and the long-lasting, practical ELECTRIC LIGHT BULB. His advanced work in these fields was an outgrowth of his early career as a telegraph operator. Edison originated the concept and implementation of electric-power generation and distribution to homes, businesses, and factories - a crucial development in the modern industrialized world. His first POWER PLANT was on Manhattan Island, New York.
Quite an acheivement for someone who was told he would not amount to much because he couldn't catch up!
Maybe you weren't born a nurturing person. Many people find it hard to be positive and loving to others, especially if the environment they grew up in wasn't particulary uplifting! But ANYONE can become a nurturer and add value to others.
Start by cultivating a positive attitude of other-mindedness (it may seem tough at first if you are a naturally self-centreded person), but you too can become a natural nurturer and enjoy the added priviledge of positive influence in the lives of others!!
'Til next time...keep building people, keep building dreams!x
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