Timid people achieve less than bold.
Boldness builds the future. Fear stalls progress and congeals the past. Fear is survival mode. Boldness is opportunity mode.
4 Ways to Build Boldness:
- Prepare people for future challenges with training.
- Provide mentors.
- Celebrate mistakes caused by boldness.
- Most importantly fill people with hope.
Don’t press timid people to be bold – Give them hope and they will be bold.
Boldness follows hope. Hope is facing the future believing you’ll win. Napoleon Bonaparte said, “A leader is a dealer in hope.” Timid people don’t believe they can win.
People who believe they can win keep working to win.
10 Ways to Build Hope:
- Believe in them more than they believe in themselves.
- Do things that matter. Never complete bland tasks; always achieve meaningful vision.
- Remember past successes. “Hope is the feeling we have that the feeling we have is not permanent,” Mignon McLaughlin.
- Smile.
- Pat people on the back.
- Celebrate small wins, every day. Small wins create big wins.
- Celebrate effort; it keeps people moving forward.
- Praise frequently; correct occasionally.
- Focus on strengths more than weaknesses.
- Help people rest and renew.
Leaders who give others hope have bold teams.
How do you instill hope in the hearts of others?