HELPING YOUR PARTNER GROW

from Christine Harvey

Have you ever heard of peer tutoring?

It’s a system of two people working work together to catapult results in a matter of days. What if we could do that with our business partner, or life partner? Or maybe you find a mastermind partner. No matter what area of application – these results are possible for both of you through peer support. IT’S EASY. It also builds your relationship!

HOW IT WORKS:
Let’s say you want to improve in courage and your partner wants to improve in computer skills. While these are two diverse skill areas, you can work together to make it happen.

The benefit to you is three fold in this process.
First, you’ll grow in your chosen area from this goal setting and support.
Second, you’ll grow in your leadership by learning to give positive reinforcement easily.
Third, your relationship with your partner will catapult.

Here’s how it works, and it only takes a few minutes a day.

Part 1
At the start of the day, you each set a goal and communicate it to each other. The partner who wants courage might choose to stop procrastinating and make a difficult phone call. The person wanting to develop computer skills may want to hire an instructor and sets today’s goal as putting an ad in Craig’s List.

Part 2
At the end of the day, you do a report back. You each tell each other of your success, and then give positive reinforcement to your partner.

The important part is the partner who listens and gives positive reinforcement. Let’s say that your partner called the difficult person. When it’s your turn to give positive reinforcement, try to see a strength in them that you can point out. They stated that they want to develop courage, so you say that you see courage clearly in them because it took courage to make the call. As the partner of the person wanting to develop computer skills, you can say you see commitment to their self improvement, or whatever you do see.

FOCUS TIP ACTION STEPS: Decide now to choose a partner, and explain this system and/or let them read this. Choose a goal to work on – for each of you. Then pick a time to report in each morning and each afternoon. TIP: Keep it to a short specified time – perhaps 2 minutes each. This time MUST include time to give your partner positive reinforcement. Commit to doing it for 3 or 4 days, then re-evaluate your methods and results. Then decide on a new goal, or continue with a new one. You’ll be amazed at your results!

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