My latest blog post for University Affairs is a reflection on success, achievement, and our human tendency to focus on the negative. Here’s how the post begins:
“How’s business?” I was asked this by a fellow panelist at an event I recently participated in. “Good!” I responded, and then added my usual caveat: “I’m not yet covering my expenses but I’m getting there.” Reflecting on this now, I want to go back in time and change my answer. Why? TBU. This acronym (thanks Ian) stands for “true but useless.” I let one of my inner critics speak for me.
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4 responses to “Recognizing your own good work is hard!”
The links all loop back to this blog page. I found the UA article through google search though. “Celebrating” is hard to do when there is always another revision (exams revised into prospectus revised into dissertation revised into a book etc). I appreciate the reframing you describe here!
Thanks Caitlin! I found my error and fixed the post. Appreciate you letting me know. Glad you liked the post. Best wishes and congrats on getting yourself as far as you have! 🙂
I have faced this challenge too, at various times.
Perhaps a different measure might be more useful? If we’re using dollars as the yardstick, look at 2014 earnings vs 2013. Seeing the percentage increase laid out in Excel may be encouraging.
Yes! Thanks Bruce. Love this. My business earnings have grown a huge amount 🙂