Is it good to toot your own horn? Hell yes! If you got the bragging rights to something that was a first for you, go ahead and publicize it, shamelessly.
As seasoned professionals, we don’t think twice about advertising our work wins with peers and leaders. So when it comes to personal victories, why do most of us go silent?
I performed at a socially gathering. Or I learnt a new skill. Or I mended a broken connection. Why don’t we hear such stories often? Maybe because most earning professionals think such ‘domestic’ things are beneath them. Or they think these are insignificant achievements as they are meant to be a given. Since professional accomplishments are the only ones bringing in the monies, only they get the limelight.
How about building a personal resume, something alike your professional one. It details out your EQ and IQ victories. It summaries the life experiences gathered in handling situations and dealing with people. It captures your learnings out of failures and rarely even revivals. It’s like a journal albeit the details, emphasizing your growth as a human being.
Not that it can be marketed anywhere you may say, so why put brains behind it. But is there anything more dear than peace and happiness. Sometimes we need to step away from daily grind and look at ourselves as a third person. Your personal curriculum vitae would reassure you of your journey and decisions this far. It can even pave the way forward upon deeper reflection.
Embrace it & set aside a personal brag hour each week rn.
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