ABSTRACT
The antidote to fear is courage. And that courage is produced by encouragement. Ultimately, the encouraging person’s gift is a positive attitude coupled with the skills to encourage others to believe in themselves. And perhaps self-encouragement is the only skill you will ever need to put yourself into a positive state for the rest of your life. Encouragement is positively the way up! To better understand the specific skills of the encourager, we asked people to talk about the ingredients of their relationship with this influencing other person. Every time two people come in contact, both individuals are influenced to move in either a more “turned on,” encouraged direction or in a “turned off,” discouraged direction. Encouragement is the key ingredient in all positive personal and professional relationships. The skills of encouragement are the key factors that provide positive influences on effective relationships. One wonders why the positive effects of encouragement have been so ignored in the past.
