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To be a leader you should be a follower first. The encouragement you get from different sources is the encouragement you can give to other people. However, for you to be effective in encouraging, you must start with yourself. Be encouraged to encourage. Be confident and be passionate in whatever you do.
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Here are the three ways on how you can encourage people:
Being a good example to people can perhaps encourage them to be better than who they are in present times.
1. Act like you are who you are encouraging them to be.
I believe good communication with great actions can bring the best out of people.
2. Talk to them persuasively but politely, and show them how it's done.
When you're going to encourage people, there's no way you can be effective when you can't even encourage yourself to cut off the toxicity within you.
3. Cut off toxicity in your life.
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hope it helps.