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Do you brush off positive feedback say “Thank You†at Towards Joy. Location Information: Nalhati, . This is the season of year-end performance review. As I conduct performance reviews for my team and receive my own, I reflected upon my inner journey in receiving feedback.. Growing up, I learned to brush off praises and compliments. Perhaps, it was childhood conditioning where my mom would say. “Aiyo, she’s not smart la. Your daughter is better, so disciplined, so smart.”. I internalized that as: 𝐈 𝐚𝐦 𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐠𝐨𝐨𝐝 𝐞𝐧𝐨𝐮𝐠𝐡. 𝐓𝐨 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐠𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐬, 𝐨𝐧𝐞 𝐦𝐮𝐬𝐭 𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐲 𝐡𝐮𝐦𝐛𝐥𝐞. 𝐍𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫 𝐛𝐞𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐞 𝐟𝐮𝐥𝐥 𝐨𝐟 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐬𝐞𝐥𝐟.. Whenever I had any achievement, I would say “𝐼 𝑐𝑜𝑢𝑙𝑑 ℎ𝑎𝑣𝑒 𝑑𝑜𝑛𝑒 𝑏𝑒𝑡𝑡𝑒𝑟.”. When others complimented me, my reflex is - “ℎ𝑎ℎ𝑎, 𝑛𝑜 𝑙𝑎. 𝐼𝑡’𝑠 𝑛𝑜𝑡ℎ𝑖𝑛𝑔.”. I would brush off any idea that I did a good job and focus on what could be better. I want to, yet I resisted acknowledging my achievements or good qualities. It is as though it wasn’t right if I gave myself even a moment to feel good about it. As though, I don’t deserve it.. I felt held back, regardless of how much I have done or achieved. Deep down, I resisted acknowledging myself because I was. afraid. . I was afraid that this will mean that I have stopped being humble and will not improve anymore. It was tiring.. One day, I went to a workshop and there, I learned to choose a more empowering thought:. “I can acknowledge my progress AND be better”. Yes! It wasn’t mutually exclusive. I do not have to disregard my progress or achievement. I can hold them in my heart and bring them along as I move forward. I started practicing allowing myself to acknowledge my progress. It wasn’t easy to feel that I deserve it.. I used to only believe the performance improvement feedback and would feel awkward if I hear positive feedback. Now, I learn to say. thank you. . I spend more time celebrating success and I gained more confidence in what I am doing. I feel 𝑙𝑖𝑔ℎ𝑡𝑒𝑟.. Allow yourself to acknowledge the journey you have made and accept the positive feedback you receive. Instead of brushing it off, allow it to land within you.. I am interested to know, 𝐰𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐢𝐬 𝐨𝐧𝐞 𝐩𝐨𝐬𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐯𝐞 𝐟𝐞𝐞𝐝𝐛𝐚𝐜𝐤 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐰𝐨𝐮𝐥𝐝 𝐥𝐢𝐤𝐞 𝐭𝐨 𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐫𝐭 𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐨𝐰𝐢𝐧𝐠?. Please mention the word **AFFECTATION** and tag RMTM2LjExNi4yMTYuMjM= when applying to show you read the job post completely (#RMTM2LjExNi4yMTYuMjM=). This is a beta feature to avoid spam applicants. Companies can search these words to find applicants that read this and see they're human..