A short first-person reflection (YouTube Short) by Zoe Hartsfield about how simple, sincere recognition can empower someone. The speaker recounts a difficult personal season and a manager saying, “I believe in you, Zoe,” which sparked confidence; she questions how leaders or peers can deliberately ignite that spark in others and notes that different people receive affirmation differently.
How do you get people to, like, feel empowered? How do you empower people? And I think, like, I've been thinking about that a lot lately because I recently went through, like, kind of a tough season just in my personal life, where I was just feeling, like, so, like, down about myself, disorganized, like, I wasn't capable of anything. There's a lot of reasons why that is the case. But I had a conversation with my manager a few weeks ago, and she was just like, I believe in you, Zoe. I know you're going to be so successful. And that was such an impactful moment for me to have somebody, like, look me in the eyes and mean it and say that they're, like, somebody who I see as successful, who I want to be, like, someday. Say that they believe in me. Meant something to me. Now, you know when my mom is like, I believe in you, Zoe. I'm like, yeah, sure, whatever, Mom. Like, it doesn't, like, hit the same. But how do you. And I don't think everybody's going to be the same in receiving that either. Like, how do you, before anything gets started, kind of, like, put that spark in people?
#shorts THE POWER OF RECOGNITION: How Do You Empower People with Zoe Hartsfield
