celebrating your achievements without showing off?

gracelee

How do you express your good qualities and achievements, without boasting/showing off?

Thanks

Grace

lobster

With Grace, with humility, with humour
. . . . and preferably long lists . . .

Just express, give away, be abundant . . .
Easy.

Did I mention I am very near to being a Buddha lately?

Zero

As a kettle set to boil.
How much skill and experience went into making it?
How much satisfaction has it brought?
How great an invention.
The kettle itself only sings to let you know your water is ready.

kashi

Let's pretend I posted what zero said

Sabre

"I am awesome, but just so you know, it's all not self."

karasti

I think it has more to do with how you feel about what you are doing than worrying about how others perceive it. If you feel you are bragging, you probably are. But just because someone perceives it as bragging doesn't mean it is. Enjoy the moment, be humble, but don't dwell. Always remember that in many circumstances your happiest moment is someone else's saddest. It's ok to feel good when you succeed.

This past winter, my teenager got a letterman's jacket. It was never my thing. Initially I did not understand his desire for it. But who am I to tell him how to celebrate the things he achieves? He works really hard, harder than most, to gain the patches he puts on his jacket. He does it for himself, and only for himself. He never brags, he never compares to other kids to see who has the most. He just enjoys the small recognition of accomplishing so much.

Beej

Do NOT do what soccer/football players do when they score a goooooooooooooaaaaaaaaall!!!!!!!!!!!!! Thats too much.

nenkohai

You know what? This is a problem for me. So, I say nothing. Then, I get told by my supe at work that I fly under the radar too much. Then, I take an online class on how to ethically promote myself... and a key take away point was that "you must be willing to navigate corporate culture" to promote yourself when they defined "corporate culture" earlier as "office politics."

And I'm left cold. When did "office politics" become something desirable?

I still don't understand and can't reconcile "promoting myself" under that definition of "corporate culture."

Its frustrating.

karasti

You can promote yourself and take credit for the things you do without bragging and without posting your achievements on a bulletin board with stickers on it. Get involved in projects and teams that are high profile so that your name is then attached to the outcomes of those teams and projects. That is what gets the attention of the higher ups. My husband is the most fly under the radar person ever. But he has the attention of the state commissioner (and he doesn't even work in the same city or office as the higher ups) because he does really good, solid, efficient work and is involved in high profile teams with visibility within the department he works for.

footiam

gracelee said:

How do you express your good qualities and achievements, without boasting/showing off?

Thanks

Grace

You don't express your good qualities or achievements. They just ooze out on their own.

poptart

"Empty vessels make most noise."
Don't tell how great you are.
Show it.

lobster

"Empty vessels make most noise."

You realise this can also mean the opposite of what you intended?
. . . must be time to party, empty vehicles and beginners welcome . . . :clap: