Jack Welch, the former CEO of GE, who was also known as a famous executive, stuttered a lot when he was young. He stuttered so bad that once, when he ordered a tuna sandwich at a restaurant, the waiter brought him two sandwiches because when he ordered tuna, he stuttered and said, “Tttuna.” So the waiter understood it as two tuna sandwiches.
Whenever Jack Welch was frustrated in this kind of situation, his mother didn’t yell at him: “Why do you stutter so much? Why don’t you speak correctly?” Rather, she complimented and encouraged him: “The reason you stutter is because the speed of your thought is so fast that your mouth cannot catch it up. That’s why you don’t need to worry it at all. You will become a great figure when you grow up.”
Jack Welch gained confidence through his mother’s wise compliments and made a great effort in every matter, and as a result, he became a successful executive that we know today.