You look beautiful in that dress
Thank you for picking the kids up this morning
Good job in completing your XXX project
I really like how you always look out for me on the streets
You can always make me laugh
These are examples of Words of Affirmation you use on your partners. Works best if your partner's primary or secondary love language is Words of Affirmation. If you do not know your partner's love language, take the quiz from www.5lovelanguages.com
Note: This works on your child too 😊
How do Words of Affirmation work?
My primary love language is without a doubt Words of Affirmation. I can live with 1 good quality compliment for a month. To me, sometimes, words do speak louder than actions.
I have also realized a lot of misconception on affirmations that,
- A simple thank you is enough
- A simple sorry is enough
- Use only 1 to 2 methods are enough
Speaking from experience, these 2 sentences make a whole world of difference.
- Thank you, Tifa.
- Thank you, Tifa for delivering the cupcakes for me. I really appreciate your effort for doing so.
What differences do you realize? And why?
The first example, is a simple thank you.
The second example specifically thank me for something I've done and I'm being appreciated. This is a lot more powerful.
But if you repeatedly say the same thing everytime Tifa delivers cupcakes, Tifa will think you are not putting enough effort to diversify your words. So,
The key here is to be specific and offer a variety.
Hence, we have different dialects in Words of Affirmation love language. Similar to a language, there are a lot of diaclects and some dialects may work on your partner or not. You need to practice and learn which suits your partner best. 😄
Dialect 1: Words of Encouragement
I've recently discovered my love in writing. But neither do I have any experience in writing nor published my works before. I am unsure if my readers will like my writing. I almost convinced myself that,
No one will like what I wrote
But one day, I've decided to publish one article on WordPress, to test if there's anyone will read and like what I wrote. My boyfriend saw my blog and told me when he got home.
Darling, you write really good articles. I got absorbed into your story and feel inspired from your experience. You should write more!
Made in Canva.com
His words meant a UNIVERSE to me. He is the reason I've continued writing since then, and continuously I learn from people to improve my writing skills. If he did not encouraged me, you will never see me on Steemit today.
Another real-life example,
A wife wants her husband to look for a better job. When the wife says "You should go look for a higher paying job", she thinks she is encouraging him but to him she is nagging. However if the husband says "I've always thought of investing on stock markets", the wife should encourage by saying "If you decide to do that, be serious in that and put your 120%. I believe when you are serious on something, you will achieve it. I will help you with my all".
Now the husband feels empowered and supported by his wife, he will take action and start analyzing on the stock market, networking with relevant people and get things done!
Useful Tips
- Be SPECIFIC and offer a VARIETY of words of encouragement
- Take notice of what your partner does daily and compliment your partner that he/she is doing a good job on something specific.
- Encourage your partner to do the things he/she has always wanted to do. Do it with them, be their support system.
- Celebrate mini achievements daily. If your partner finished all important tasks, a simple "Great job, Honey! You're being productive today for finishing all important tasks!"
- Empathize and see the world from your partner's point of views. From their point of view, are you nagging or encouraging?
Words of Encouragement are extremely powerful. It allows you to unleash the potential in your partner. You will always believe in your partner's success and support them with your everything ensuring they are successful.
Encouragement requires empathy and seeing the world from your partner's perspective
Words of Encouragement is one of the dialects in Words of Affirmations. Keep a book titled Words of Affirmations and write down words of encouragement that you have told your partner. You will see how well or how badly you're doing 😉
Q: What are the words of encouragement that you've used?
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This Relationship Tips series include practical how's and what's of speaking your partner's love language. If your partner's love language is Physical Touch and Quality Time, I will share firsthand experiences of what I've done and its results :)
Relationship Tips is one of my initiative to help people improve their relationship based on a book I was reading The 5 Love Languages by Gary Chapman and my experiences.
Check out my series here:
Relationship Tips #1: Know Your Partner's Love Language Here!
Relationship Tips #2: How to keep the love tank full, or most of the time full?
Relationship Tips #3: Is This "In Love" or "Real Love"?
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