Placebo Mentoring

    

    You may have heard about the "Placebo Effect." Giving somebody a placebo is like giving them a harmless substitute for medicine. The desired outcome is the psychological belief that they will benefit physiologically. Placebo Mentoring is like feeding somebody sugar pills of positive affirmations.

Your desire as a mentor is to cause psychological changes in the belief system of your mentoree. Here are some possible placebo phrases:

I'm proud of you!
I believe in you!
You are really improving!
Good job!
You made a difference!
You are a fast learner!

I'm sure you get the idea. Mentors should be people who have a passion for being positive and expressing that positivity through their affirmations.

Thanks for your time.
Go do something nice for somebody.

At Mentor Force, we are Mentor Trainers.
Please contact us if we can help your Teachers, Coaches, Youth Leaders or Mentors  learn how to build life changing relationships with young people.
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