Daily Diary - June 3rd, 2016

What’s Your Tone?

As a coach I have learned that players respond to different types of motivation.  There is a time and a place for different types of “Tone” when looking for a response from individuals and your team.

Webster’s Dictionary

tone |tōn|

noun

• a modulation of the voice expressing a particular feeling or mood :

PHRASAL VERBS

tone something down make something less harsh in sound or color. • make something less extreme or intense : she saw the need to tone down her protests.

Proverbs 15:1 A soft answer turns away wrath, But a harsh word stirs up anger.

After many years of learning to deal with young people I have concluded that my tone makes a huge difference in players performance and also their character.  If we are forming character of people as leaders we must understand that we are going to get a response that is proportional to the tone that we use during instruction. 

If our harsh word gets the reaction that we needed to win a contest does it also form character that matches a Godly foundation for their future?

What’s your “tone” at home or at work.  Are you stirring up anger and strife?

I have learned that firmness with the right tone is more conducive to not only getting the correct response, but it is also respected because it comes from a spirit of love that is based on what is best for the situation.

Ephesians 4:32And be kind to one another, tenderhearted, forgiving one another, even as God in Christ forgave you.

Galatians 5:23 But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, ²³ gentleness, self-control. Against such there is no law.

Father God help us to know the proper tone to use when we represent you in the world.  We ask for your wisdom to think before we speak in Jesus name. Amen!