December 13, 2012

Go Fish

Typical encouragement points people toward an outcome, but the best encouragement points them toward a process.

There is a wise saying, ‘give a man a fish and you feed him for a meal, teach a man a man to fish and you feed hime for a lifetime.’ Typical encouragement is like giving someone a fish. It’s good for the moment, but it doesn’t last long. You get a favorable outcome, but soon as that situation is over they are back for more. The best encouragement is to teach them how to fish, point them toward their process. When in their process they won’t need the constant attention and encouragement. Not to say that they will never need encouraging again, but once they learn to live in their process zone, they will be doing the encouraging. If you find that you are in need of encouragement a regular basis, it may be that you need to find your purpose and process. Make sure today that you are working your process each day and in your purpose zone. Check your life today, are you encouraged and passing that on to others or do you need encouraging?