Believe in You

For five years, my colleague Sharon Silverman and I interviewed students who faced substantial challenges as they grappled with our educational system but persisted and achieved their goals. We listened to many stories about what contributed to their success. At the heart of their success was having someone who believed in them. One student who violated his probation while in college had six professors show up to a court hearing to testify about his determination. His response, “…hearing those good things just added more fuel to my fire inside to do well in school, to want to not please everybody but please myself.” Another student was “too ashamed” to ask for help. He met someone who believed in him and became a changing force in his life. He told us, "She really made me believe that I was at a different place in my life and that I would be fine…She reminded me of the things I had accomplished.” Have you ever been that changing force for someone or have you been on the other side where you need someone to believe in you? Let’s chat.