A culture of affirmation

The other day I got an email with the subject "a culture of affirmation." I don't really remember what the email was about. But the subject line got me thinking.

A culture of affirmation, now that sounds nice. In fact if I was to ask for a show of hands how many people would like to be in a culture of affirmation, I would venture to guess that 99% of everyone would raise their hands. (what can I say, there is always one weirdo in the group. Wait that wasn't too affirming was it?) Of course all of us want to be in a culture of affirmation.

Now maybe about 5 years ago I would have said something like, lets all live in a culture of affirmation. But that is not good enough anymore. I want to take it to the next level.

It is not enough to say "I want to live in a culture of affirmation." You have to be that change that you want to see in others. So your task is this: create a culture of affirmation. Stop tearing people down. Start building them up. Be the culture of affirmation. Make it your goal starting now. People (yes I am included in this) need affirmation. Be the one to give it to them. Give it a shot. Let me know how it goes.