Set Up To Succeed

When working with young people of all ages – yes that means you too, because after all we are all young in one way or another – it is important to set goals that are achievable. To set our young ones up to succeed. To set tasks for our young people that are clear and winnable, with clear instructions and expectations then, trusting our own training,  set them off to achieve the task by themselves.  Small successes every day are the stepping stones to more small successes every day and this leads to the ability to make good successful choices as time goes by. To create an environment of a job well done.

Most of our lives will be deliciously small. Few of us are destined to be major players, or millionaires, or rich tycoons, or to have massive houses and fast cars or huge mobs of cattle roaming our expansive farms or private boxes at the races. But we can all be trusted and we should all have someone who has confidence in us. And we should all allow our loved ones that trust and confidence too.  Imagine how it would be if you did not feel trusted. 

Then we allow this person to grow independently. With our trust, and strong quiet presence young people can be responsible for their mistakes and their successes and feel proud.  We must set them up again and again to succeed and if they know we trust them to do their best, to be the best they can be,  they will approach life with joy and pride and the love of learning that our trust has encouraged. And most of all they will have the confidence to embark upon a good life, and you can trust them with your tractor.

Of course this works for animals too – and birds.  We sometimes have to set them free too and holding our breath trust that they will get it right.

Though sometimes they will make a wrong turn and end up in a pigsty!

Ah well. Never mind.

I hope you have a lovely day.

Love celi