There is power in the words we speak. So I decided to make the Power of Words my first podcast topic.

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Today, I’d like to spend a little time discussing the power of words. If your childhood was anything like mine the first lesson you probably learned about words was “sticks and stones may break my bones, but words will never hurt me.”

That lesson was an easy one to remember. And it was intended to protect you from what others may say about you. But what I know now—is that words are very powerful and if you allow them to they can hurt you. While words can’t physically harm you, they do have the ability to encourage or discourage our actions.

So, the power of words cannot be underestimated.

As Kipling once said, “Words are, of course, the most powerful drug used by mankind.” (more…)