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If not done with absolute precision that sounds like a recipe for over inflated egos and unrealistic beliefs and expectations. In other words, the problems lots
by mythrwy 7y ago
If not done with absolute precision that sounds like a recipe for over inflated egos and unrealistic beliefs and expectations. In other words, the problems lots of kids of helicopter parents and modern western culture have.
- ssivark 7y agoThere's centuries/millenia of culture that serves as a guide for how to do it right. Nurturing humans to achieve their potential and live their life to the fullest it not a new problem. It's not like Victor Frankl invented this stuff sixty years ago. And I don't think it requires absolute precision in action -- just a willingness to observe, think and iterate. After all, the influencer is as much of a human as the influenced. We're talking about influence over the scale of years, if not decades. This is one of those domains where the "Lindy effect" might be a good rule of thumb -- the longer a guide has survived, the longer it is likely to survive, because the likelier it is to add value. Conversely, many "modern breakthroughs" are likely to be fads.
- ramblerman 7y agoThat depends on how you treat people with great potential currently. I would tend to give them a lot of leeway and personal responsibility and trust they can get things done. I think that is what Frankl means. Saying "You are amazing, here is an A for trying" is a different culture entirely, and came from somewhere else.