Positive video that every leader in business, the home, church, or wherever must watch.

I came across this absolutely amazing video titled "Validation" the other day on the power of positive reinforcement. This is a life changing type of video. I have always felt that one of the most immediate in results and effective things a leader can do is provide genuine and timely positive reinforcement.

 

Watch this video and tune in next week. I will provide you some positive stories from my own life that changed me forever, all because someone took the time to provide positive reinforcement. I am also interested in your stories as well.

 

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Comments

[Amanda Miller]

Mike, thank you for finding this video - it is beautiful! I love the message it contains, and will try even harder to validate everyone I come across (but I will probably need to see it at least once a week so that I don't slip!

[Mike Rogers]

Thanks Amanda. I am glad you enjoyed it. It helped me reflect on all of the people in my life who have had an effect due to the positive things they have said to me along the way. I am going to share those stories next week in a post.

I'm like you, it is good to keep watching it to make it stick : )

Mike

[Bill Boland]

This is a great video. I found it almost a year ago and used it during a Stake Sunday School training event on the subject of support and positive reinforcement. I highly recommend it.

[Ed Hunter]

Wow! Positive reinforcement? And here we all thought that apathy, bigotry, hostility, aloofness, anger, dominance, hubris and dictatorship were the best things a leader can do.
No, you say? Oh. Sorry. That's just what a great many leaders actually do. Oh, I see. They're not "leaders."

[Calvin Bishop]

Thanks for sharing. I always told my girls to smile and could always get an instant frown. Guess I needed to give them a reason to smile instead. I'll try to do that from now on.

By the way...you're awesome and a great teacher.

[Mike Rogers]

Thanks Calvin, you are very kind!

Mike

[Eileen Zaroff]

Someone passed this forward to me knowing I teach social skills to groups of children, teens and young adults. I tell them it is "leadership training" as being a leader requires social skill. Giving compliments,(which I teach them are "gifts of words we give others that always fit, never wear out, cannot be returned and will always be remembered")along with encouraging others, standing up, speaking out and making a dfference is what we can all do. All require eye contact (or at least face contact)along with being able to put into a few words your feelings and thoughts so that others can understand you. These skills plus honest compassion for our fellow humans are what makes many of us leaders. We need to lead by example!
I hope to be able to show this film to my groups of teens and young adults as it exemplifies perfectly what a difference those gifts can make in an imperfect world.