Art Dykstra, Jr. – ORDER NOW

What if the difference you make in life is not just what you accomplish but, perhaps more importantly, who you encourage?

The Practice of Encouragement is a collection of short thought pieces and stories that challenge familiar assumptions and offer fresh ways of understanding people, organizations, and everyday living. Each article offers a different lens for viewing leadership, work, relationships, and purpose.

Some of what you’ll find in this collection: Why knowing yourself isn’t enough – How gratitude helps us handle stress –  The “before and after” payoff that gives work its deepest meaning – Why there is no such thing as “all of a sudden” – How to rethink worry and discouragement.

Every one of us affects others. The question is this: How do others experience you?

Encouragement is healing and strengthening. Encouragement is community building. Encouragement is connective and bond-building. This book is different. It looks different, feels different, and reads differently. It is not only fun and easy to read, but it is also delightful, insightful, and, might I say, encouraging! Each chapter is an often humorous, standalone, thought-provoking story. Open the book anywhere and find a delightful moment of inspiration and insight. You’ve not read a book like this before. You’ll pick it up often for an appreciated, mind-refreshing break. You’ll find new ways of seeing the world and new ways of coping with the never-ending changes around and within each of us. Encouragement is the bedrock of each story. The encouragement we gift to others and the encouragement we gift ourselves is what we all need more of. And Art Dykstra does not disappoint. He draws from a long life of teaching, learning and leading. He generously shares his wisdom in this delightful (and beautifully designed) book. Do yourself and those you know a favor and check it out. I’m encouraging you to do so because I know you’ll be happy you did. Thank me later. – Bob Sandidge, Dir. Media Development for High Tide Press