In this video, we explore the acronym H.O.P.E, which stands for "Help One Person Every day". H.O.P.E is a powerful tool for cultivating kindness and generosity in our daily lives. We discuss how to apply the H.O.P.E framework in practical ways, by looking for opportunities to help others in small but meaningful ways every day. We also chat about how this mirrors the rule of reciprocity, as giving without expectation often leads to receiving unexpected blessings in return. By the end of this video, you'll have a new perspective on the power of generosity and a practical tool for making a positive impact in the world, one person at a time.
Question. How are your expectations around the people you surround yourself with? In your relationships, are they a win-win? Or are you expecting to get something without giving something in return? Hi, our names are Jill and Mary. We are best friends and business partners and we're also social emotional learning experts. Which is just a fancy way of saying that we help people, people better. In particular, we work with teen and tween girls. One of the most vulnerable points of all of our lives was our teenage years to help them be more confident, more self-assured, have a better self-esteem, a better self-awareness about themselves.
But what we noticed is the lessons that we're teaching these girls transfer to their parents in the light bulb moments that they're having as well . And we're in the middle of an acronym series. What these acronyms do for us and our clients is give them small bite-size actionable tools to then go apply to the rest of their life. And today's acronym is... HOPE. H-O-P-E. What does it stand for? Oh, well, I would love to say HOPE in yourself. But what it stands for is help one person every day. Every day.
Every single day. So just like Mary was saying, the role of reciprocity is give to get. If you are giving respect, you're getting respect in return. And we have to check ourselves because sometimes we give, because we are wanting something in return. You have to check in with those expectations. Right. So what HOPE does is it supports you in, hey, I want to do this out of the goodness of my heart. I see that that person is in need and I want to go serve them. And this is an amazing tool for girls because there's always an expectation with teenagers around getting something without giving anything back.
So if we're thinking, I want a raise in my allowance or I want an extended curfew, we have to turn the table and ask them what they're giving in order to get that back. Because if there's not an equal energy exchange, parents aren't apt just to give freely, right? Kids are definitely the best sales of people that I've ever had the opportunity to meet. But we're challenging them to give something in return in order to work on getting that thing back. But the asterisk there that Jill so beautifully stated is you have to give without expectation.
And man, this has opened up a world of opportunity for us because if you're out there just giving and it doesn't have to be monetary, it can be energy, it can be time, it can be advice, it can be something that doesn't take anything away from the person that you are, you're going to get that back tenfold. It's going to be a meeting with somebody. It's going to be a door opening for you over here because you decided to take that acronym and put it into action. Hope. Help one person every day and that strengthens your leadership.
That is you stepping into your potential and growing and that's why we're all here. You're listening to these videos because you want to refine yourself. So allow this acronym, Hope, to inspire you today to look at strangers and relationships and even text messages. It doesn't have to be in person where you can go out and serve somebody today. One person, that's all it takes, that ripple effect, that domino effect is incredible. So we're excited to hear your take on Hope and how you are going to integrate it into your day.
Whether it's a big thing, whether it's a little thing, it's just the thought that counts and we're excited to hear more about it. So until the next video, we'll see you. Bye everyone.
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