45 | Encourage The Effort, Rather Than Praise The Product

The second encouragement principle "Encourage The Effort, Rather Than Praise The Product."  In this episode I will go over this principle and specifically touch on the following topics:  

• The difference between encouragement vs praise
• The difference between an internal locus of control vs an external locus of control
• Encouragement can always be given

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