Once a person’s fiancée persuaded him to take some belated dancing lessons. The first teacher he engaged probably told him the truth. She said he was all wrong; he would just have to forget everything and begin all over again. The next teacher may have been lying, but he liked it.
The first teacher had discouraged him by emphasizing his mistakes. The new teacher did the opposite, she kept praising the things he did right and minimized his errors. Always be liberal with your encouragement, make the thing seem easy to do, let the other person know that you have faith in his ability to do it, that he has an undeveloped flair for it – and he will practice until the dawn comes in the window in order to excel.
PRINCIPLE 29: Use encouragement. Make the fault seem easy to correct.
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