Top Ten Ways to Raise People Up

The truth is if you want to influence those around you, you need to focus on emotional engagement. It would help if you were committed to becoming:

1) A person who nurtures other people

2) A person who has faith in other people

3) A person who listens to other people

4) A person who understands other people

5) A person who recognizes other people

6) A person who acknowledges other people

7) A person who encourages other people

8) A person who builds up other people

9) A person who navigates for other people

10) A person who empowers others

But it all starts with making the definitive decision to work on your own growth and accelerate it exponentially. Otherwise, how will you raise people and encourage them to see the value in your contribution?

If you want to accelerate your growth and empower more people, you need to start with addition or, better yet, multiplication. The more people you add value to, the more your tribe will grow. Using the compound effect, it will eventually multiply exponentially. Think of it this way. First, you need to multiply, then mentor, and then motivate, including nurture.

People must be cared for, not just physically but also emotionally. At the heart of all nurturing is a genuine concern for others. Remember this: people are influenced the most by those who make them feel the best about themselves. Reread this: your job, if you want to empower others and be a catalyst for positive change, is to help people feel good about themselves. If you can do this mentally, physically, emotionally, and spiritually, you are well on your along the Master’s Path.

But nurturing starts with you.

I have a question for you. What are you doing to grow yourself and be more of a nurturer, both to yourself and to others? What are you doing to be more of a giver than a getter? How are you adding value to others?

Quest Challenge: Adding Value to Others

What can you do today to add value to others? Use the list below today and this week to help you focus on giving for greatness.

• Instead of trying to put others in their place, try putting yourself in place.
• Recognize someone today for a job well done. Remember, be specific and clear.
• Find someone to acknowledge and, at the same time, help them feel like they belong.
• Help someone change their perspective from negative to positive. Remember, it is not who you are that holds you back but rather who you think you are. Again, your perspective determines your potential.
• Look for someone to encourage. Let them know how important they are as members of your team.
• Help someone find hope amid a crisis. I

I genuinely believe you are capable of this. To further help you, review the list below on how to become a natural nurturer. To get the most out of these tips, focus on cultivating a positive attitude and not just open-mindedness but, more importantly, other-mindedness.

• Commit to helping others learn.
• Commit to helping others grow.
• Commit to helping others share.
• Commit to assisting others to serve.
• Commit to helping others to become leaders.
• Commit to helping others to inspire others.
• Commit to the Master’s Path
• Commit to giving others opportunities
• Commit with no strings attached

Facts About Faith in People

Faith in people is an essential quality of leadership. If you want to influence others positively, you must have faith in them. Here is what I have learned in the past forty years of developing leaders:

• Most people don’t have faith in themselves.
• Most people don’t have someone who has faith in them.
• Most people can tell when someone has faith in them
• Most people will do anything to live up to your faith in them

As you consider the above, remember that faith is more than thinking something is true. Faith is thinking something is valid to the extent that you act on it. With this in mind, use the list below to become a believer in people:

1. Believe in them before they succeed.
2. Emphasize their strengths and praise them for what they do well both privately and publicly.
3. Instill confidence when they fail. Remember, failure is just an opportunity to learn, grow, and share. Your job is to show them that success is a journey, a process, not a destination, and failure is the price of future success.
4. Experience some wins together. Remember, together, everyone achieves more. (TEAM).
5. Help them find their strengths and focus on those first.
6. Help them find their weaknesses and overcome them.
7. Build on past successes. Remember, the “Power of MO” or momentum.
8. Start right. Help team members build some quick and easy wins.

JOHN ST. JAMES, Master's Path: How to Intentionally Create More Happiness, Joy, and Fulfillment in Your Life (pp. 159-163). Kindle Edition.