It's good to let leaders know your grades

Probably everyone in life will meet people who like to tout their own words, boast about what they have done and what they have achieved. I do not like such a person, I also avoid becoming such a person. But unfortunately, as a writer, he is naturally required to share his thoughts with those around him. This makes me often feel fear that they are not saying too much. So when I write something, I also consciously avoid referring to too many names, reducing too complicated detail descriptions.

"I just talked to XXX's XXX company ..." In this simple sentence, in fact, is a boast - readers or listeners will think, I did not ask, you need to tell me so detailed it. Information posted on Facebook can also be seen as a boast - probably also want to use everyone's praise to satisfy myself.

Compared to these people mentioned above, I prefer to silently work hard to complete the type. Derek Sivers has also said that the more you say, the more you suspect your ability to do it - and I agree with that statement, so I often remind myself to do more with less.

Here, however, I want to remind everyone that silence in the workplace may do more harm than good. Proper "self boasting" may bring unexpected effects:

People know your grades

Although egoism can leave a bad influence, proper communication of what you have accomplished is proof of your abilities. Although the reasons for women's disadvantage in the workplace are complex and diverse, including personality and traditional values, the lack of self-definition of what they have achieved is sometimes one of the reasons. Sometimes they choose to be silent even though they are very good at work. most.

The 2011 Catalyst Study shows that women's most powerful weapon for career advancement is to show what they have achieved. Getting others to take note of what has been achieved and gaining more satisfaction from their superiors is in fact the only credible way of gaining a career advancement. Although most people may hopefully wish not to speak their own way or to remain humble, let others take the initiative to find out what they have achieved. However, in fact, for various reasons, if the workers themselves do not speak, others may not even have time to consider them.

- Janet Choi, Chief Cultural Officer, iDoneThis (a team task management application)

Reporting is actually part of the job, and the part of the job that you complete requires communication and sharing with your team and colleagues. However, reporting is also a learning process, doing poor (too much emphasis on the role of their own, or even improper tone) will make people feel that the reporter is boasting. The initial attempt may not immediately grasp the reporting skills, but this does not prevent further work in the future to try to do better and better.

Reporting often leads to unexpected gains. Perhaps to change the way the team work, may give teammates bring unexpected inspiration, perhaps others can thus regain your ability, perhaps you can reap more appetite items.

Redefine "self-boast"

If you have been silent for a while in a meeting, there are only a few impressions left by everyone: limited ability, indifference, or arrogance. Perhaps you've been educated from childhood to age: When your boss speaks, you just have to erect your ears.

"Parents Educate Me: Doing Troubles And Not Bothering Someone This is an Asian convention, so I'm not accustomed to asking for help." - Takayasu, who grew up in such an educational and cultural environment, The impression left to the people around is always "backwards." Even assigned a heavy task, she just choose to assume it silently. There seems to be no entry for "self-expression" in Gao's dictionary.

And at IBM, GAO learned to express himself this skill: "The team achievements also prove my ability and are very strong."

- from Paper Tigers, author Wesley Yang (New York Magazine)

Achievements have been made without a word, in others, this is not a humble and capable performance - in the eyes of others, not only can not see the results, but also feel that you are behind.

How to "elegantly" self-expression

Here are a few examples that may help you understand how to behave yourself while maintaining a good impression of yourself in the hearts of people around you.

(1) Speer, a professor at the University of Manchester, put forward the principle of "reasonable preaching" by using the principle of social psychology: using others to praise oneself. B2B companies are accustomed to this. Through the sharing of old customers list, recommend new similar companies, through the public relations channels to achieve mutual benefits.

(2) By helping others reflect their own value. Software engineer Matt Swanson shared his process of providing value to users while letting others know about their grades. Thousands per day of traffic and positive feedback from readers so that we unconsciously recognized Swanson's achievements.

(3) Do not post a self-denial rating (do not "fake humble"). For example, "I do not know how to get good," or "I did not review at all." This not only does not allow each other to recognize, but will lead to each other's resentment.

(4) Present achievements to related communities: Show HN or HackerNews (both are network programming communities related to computer programming). Made new programs or new apps that can be shared or posted to expand the understanding of others about their grades.

Reporting can have a more practical impact on the results achieved

While it is true that you can not relax in your work, reporting does not prevent our existing work on hand. The reason why people know Derek Sivers, and his public speaking (such as TED) and other speeches to let people know what he did not unrelated. Do not mean reporting work, report not only to help themselves, but also to others to bring work help.

My attitude towards such a proper "self-advocacy" of reporting is no longer as it was before

negative. Even if someone can not understand your approach, or jokes you are "big mouth", do not let such a negative factor as you do not report the work interface.

But in the meantime, every morning I send a "hard-working" tweet telling myself not to relax in my work.

(Original link: thenextweb fast carp translated)