Encouragement and Perseverance

Have you ever just wanted to quit? Maybe a difficult circumstance or even difficult people have caused you to feel like throwing in the towel. Perseverance depends on being encouraged. There are times when people or circumstances create fear, anxiety, and frustration. When this happens the temptation is to quit but the power of encouragement feeds perseverance. When you encourage somebody you help them to persevere, which in turn brings incredible results!

When you harness encouragement to help somebody persevere, new levels of achievement are created. The power of an encouraging word pushes people past discouragement. Encouraging words help people to overcome and press on. Webster’s dictionary defines perseverance as “continued effort to do or achieve something despite difficulties, failure, or opposition.”

The power of encouragement pushes people past their failures and opposition to achieve success in spite of all the difficulties. In leadership, encouragement is an asset not a weakness. People at all levels of leadership should learn how to encourage. Encouragement empowers others.

Think of the following as you lead others to persevere:

• Encouragement Motivates - Encouragement motivates people to push past boundaries that normally would prevent them from achieving their goals.
• Encouragement Empowers - Encouragement empowers people to take control of the negative circumstance and turn it around. It empowers people to move beyond the norm.
• Encouragement Fosters Perseverance - Every leader will lead people through the land of perseverance. There will be difficult times and what looks like impossible odds. The power of encouragement fosters perseverance so that whatever lay before us can be overcome.
• Encouragement Fosters Courage - The power of encouragement fosters courage. It takes courage to face a difficult circumstance and to overcome fear, frustration and anxiety. It is the power of encouragement that fosters the courage to develop, dream, and succeed.
• Encouragement Renders Results - When you lead a team you have to be the encourager. You must help those that follow believe that the critical circumstance can be overcome. It may take out-of-the-box thinking. It may take new ways of looking at things. When you harness the power of encouragement you lead others and organizations to new places.

You will meet people who need to persevere. I challenge you to encourage perseverance. If you are leading an organization you are responsible for that organization persevering. Whatever the circumstance, harness the power of encouragement to open doors of possibilities.

Be Encouraged,

Rick