Rod's Daily Encouragement

This is Encouraging! What & Why FII? What is FII? The Family Independence Initiative is a national center for innovating new strength based approaches for economic and social mobility that put people in the driver’s seat of their own change. Over this last decade FII has demonstrated that investing in people’s strengths and initiative delivers more powerful, sustainable, and cost effective outcomes for low-income families. Our strength-based approach, as radical and as old as our democracy, is inspired by the historical successes of poor communities in the U.S. See the  Strategies for Change  section for more about our work. Why FII? Because the Welfare System isn’t Enough For the last five decades the only support systems available to low-income families respond to people’s needs, not their strengths. The “safety net” approach is critical for those in crisis. But it is not a springboard out of poverty. As people make progress their “need” decreases and ...

You are an achiever. Social support and encouragement are key! “Because the acquisition of expertise requires substantial effort, the social support provided during the learning phase is extremely important.” – Earl Hunt in “Expertise, Talent, and Social Encouragement” If this is true, then you are a success at living. You look at life and people as giving you support. The universe holds you up and sustains you. You are an achiever because are encouraged to try your best, you always aiming at success, you garner accolades when you deserve them, and best of all, and you serve as an example to others. The purpose of this newsletter is to provide you with even more support and encouragement so you can achieve anything. Positive Psychology You are a wonderful person because you have certain character traits Martin Seligman has listed these traits in a book entitled, Character Strengths and Virtues. I pulled this off Wikipedia because Character Strengths and Virtues is an import...