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# Appreciation and Encouragement
- URL: https://www.lifeupgraded.es/articles/appreciation-and-encouragement/
- Published: 2026-03-01T13:24:00.000Z
- Updated: 2026-09-15T10:10:56.000Z
- Description: Appreciation and encouragement can build confidence, strengthen trust, improve performance, and help bring out the best in people.
- Author: Nino Parrondo
- Tags: Leadership, Coaching, Personal Growth

## **The Way to Develop the Best that is on a Person**

As a tennis coach, I’ve learned this lesson clearly:  
**When you appreciate effort and encourage growth, you don’t just improve performance — you develop people.**

### Appreciation and encouragement are the way to bring out the best that is in a person.

Not pressure. Not fear. Not constant criticism.

**People grow when they feel seen.** 
**They try harder when they feel valued.** 
**They improve faster when they believe someone believes in them.**

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### This isn’t theory for me — I see it daily on the court.

When I intentionally appreciate effort and encourage progress, everything changes.

Confidence rises.  
Body language improves.  
Players take more initiative, play freer, and recover faster from mistakes.

### The same correction delivered with encouragement gets better results than criticism alone.

**One builds trust. The other builds tension.**

### Encouragement doesn’t mean lowering standards.  
It means raising people to meet them.

When players feel appreciated, they don’t just play better — they become better.  
More disciplined. More resilient. More open to learning.

### Whether in sports, leadership, or life:

**If you want the best from someone, help them see the best in themselves.**

Thank you for reading ;)

**Nino**