Praise the slightest improvement and praise every improvement. Be hearty in your approbation and lavish in your praise.
Interpretation
Encourage and acknowledge every positive change, no matter how small.
This quote by Dale Carnegie emphasizes the importance of recognizing and celebrating all forms of progress, whether they are significant or minor. By being generous with praise, we foster motivation and inspire others to continue improving, creating a positive environment that encourages growth and development.
In practice
In a team meeting to boost morale, you could say this quote to emphasize the importance of recognizing progress.
When I asked him -Mr.Henry Ford- if he ever worried, he replied: "No. I believe God is managing affairs and that He doesn't need any advice from me. With God in charge, I believe that every-thing will work out for the best in the end. So what is there to worry about?
Take a chance! All life is a chance. The man who goes farthest is generally the one who is willing to do and dare.
By talking to yourself about the things you have to be grateful for you can fill your mind with thoughts that soar and sing.
It isn't what you have, or who you are, or where you are, or what you are doing that makes you happy or unhappy. It is what you think about.
I can look back at my own life and see where a few words of praise have sharply changed my entire future. Can't you say the same thing about your life?
Instead of worrying about what people say of you, why not spend time trying to accomplish something they will admire.
The struggle of today is not altogether for today - it is for a vast future also.
Those who believe they can do something and those who believe they can't are both right.
Just start. You will learn so many lessons just by doing.
The best way to help Burma is to empower the people of Burma, to help us have enough self-confidence to obtain what we want for ourselves.
Even a mistake may turn out to be the one thing necessary to a worthwhile achievement.
You might not write well every day, but you can always edit a bad page. You can't edit a blank page.
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