A brief excerpt from a Lori Harder YouTube video in which she emphasizes the power of encouraging words. Harder recounts a personal anecdote about a woman at a fitness camp who singled her out, told her she was meant for fitness and opening a gym, and how that acknowledgment changed the trajectory of her life and career.
A few words can carry so much weight. Don't make the mistake thinking that they know they're important to the team. You have to tell them. I'm super passionate about it as well, because I had somebody speak life into me, and it changed my entire life. I didn't have anyone encouraging me to go into what I wanted to, which was fitness and helping people and opening a gym and all that other stuff. I went to this camp where they taught you how to be in fitness competitions, and this woman who was running. It took a moment to, like, breathe so much life into me and said, hey, I see you. You're meant for this. You should go for. I actually do not know where I would be if she wouldn't have taken the time to acknowledge me out of, like, a sea of women. And she didn't need to.
