Comments on: Ms. Theologian Ponders Praise

By: Acceptance and Rejection

Acceptance and Rejection — Fri, 25 Jul 2008 01:28:35 +0000

[…] last week’s “Interdependent Web,” two jumped out at me as related to one another: “Ms. Theologian Ponders Praise,” by Stephanie Anagnoson of “Surviving the Workday” and “Breaking Up is Hard to […]

By: GhostGirl

GhostGirl — Tue, 15 Jul 2008 11:57:36 +0000

BTW It comes off as more natural if you do it more organically. Have an email chain about the project in question, and at the end of the project, reply to the person and cc their boss, your boss (important that they know which people are contributing to their department’s well-being), and anyone else who worked on the project. Then just say, thanks for getting this done so quickly, WE appreciate your hard work, attention to detail, etc etc….

By: GhostGirl

GhostGirl — Tue, 15 Jul 2008 11:54:12 +0000

I feel kind of braggy now saying that this is a habit I got into long ago. My new boss praised me in return the first time he saw me do it, but he doesn’t bother now since he realizes it’s just the way I do things, not me trying to suck up to people politically…

I will say, the more you do it, the more natural it seems, until you barely notice anymore that you’re doing it. So keep practicing!

By: Ms. Theologian

Ms. Theologian — Tue, 15 Jul 2008 00:05:42 +0000

Amazing, isn’t it?

My friend Myfanwy has said something to the effect that it is so easy to be critical. I think it’s what we lapse into.

By: jacqueline

jacqueline — Mon, 14 Jul 2008 23:29:59 +0000

I wrote a short note to all of my book club members saying something nice about them and you would think I invented soap… they were just stunned that someone would take the time (10 minutes in this case) to write nice things. We are a sad society that saying nice things is hard or unexpected.