BRX Pro Tip: Encourage Trying
Stone Payton: [00:00:00] Welcome back to Business RadioX Pro Tips. Lee Kantor and Stone Payton here with you. Lee, I think today’s tip is centered around leading others in your counsel is encourage trying.
Lee Kantor: [00:00:12] Right. When you have a teammate that tries something new and maybe didn’t tell you, I think it’s super important when someone is that brave to take an action and try something new, you should be supporting and celebrating that effort. People should be encouraged to try new things and not be shut down for doing it poorly. They can always get better, obviously, at things. And you don’t want to, you know, have a lot of people doing the wrong things over and over again.
Lee Kantor: [00:00:40] But you need to encourage the trying part of this because so many people today are just waiting to be told what to do and they’re hesitant to try anything new. So, when somebody does take an action, encourage that action. And then, you know, you can always fix whatever it is that didn’t go as planned. And, obviously, people can always do things better. But you don’t have to be constantly reminding people of their deficiency. A lot of times they already realized, “Oh, that didn’t go well,” and they’re embarrassed.
Lee Kantor: [00:01:10] So, I think you’re going to get better results over time if you encourage more people to try new things without that fear of embarrassment, and that’s going to create a better world for all of us. Some of us focus more on criticizing, and I don’t think that you want to have a team full of people that are negative and critical. You know, some of those people that are trying new things will stumble upon something and build something great. Don’t be a dream killer. Be a dream builder.
