In an age of blatant self-promotion, it is common for many people to boast about their strengths. They like to tell the world how special they are. Quickly giving others an unabridged resume is the order of the day. Promoting one’s strengths seems like the strategic thing to do. Everyone else does it.
When I read the below newsletter, I felt very confused. I have believed through out my career that actions speak better than words.
Getting my head down and doing the work was my mantra. But issues happened when despite doing a fantastic job, my strengths were not discovered. People who were vocal about their achievements got noticed and rewarded. At times they were no better than me… just more vocal.
May be the author might want to address (with concrete examples) how to get your work discovered? Cause waiting for people to discover is definitely not an effective strategy in my experience.
Could you clarify this for me? If someone has contributed to others, given their time and energy, accomplished great things over 20 or 30 years, received industry awards and public acknowledgments, and has gained much experience and knowledge along the way. In other words, their resume or CV is now 3 or 4 pages long compared to the 1 pager they started with. In your definition, is their promotion or advertisement of these accomplishments and discussing them in public speaking engagements considered "blatant self-promotion?"
When I read the below newsletter, I felt very confused. I have believed through out my career that actions speak better than words.
Getting my head down and doing the work was my mantra. But issues happened when despite doing a fantastic job, my strengths were not discovered. People who were vocal about their achievements got noticed and rewarded. At times they were no better than me… just more vocal.
May be the author might want to address (with concrete examples) how to get your work discovered? Cause waiting for people to discover is definitely not an effective strategy in my experience.
I heard it as being willing to embody the strength in service of or as helpful to others over prioritizing the promotion of experience and knowledge.
Seems like a bias of helpful action and trust that the right people see your best
This is a good point. I believe the challenge is in simply sharing our stories with our colleagues (the ones we trust), and not boasting.
Thank you for your time.
Could you clarify this for me? If someone has contributed to others, given their time and energy, accomplished great things over 20 or 30 years, received industry awards and public acknowledgments, and has gained much experience and knowledge along the way. In other words, their resume or CV is now 3 or 4 pages long compared to the 1 pager they started with. In your definition, is their promotion or advertisement of these accomplishments and discussing them in public speaking engagements considered "blatant self-promotion?"
Agee; boasting is never attractive, even in the most talented.
I cannot resist:
1) Best example of this topic;
2) the "mother" of all examples--> "The DONALD"