It’s National Compliment Day. I invite you to receive any and all compliments and praise with grace and ease.
Compliments are reminders to own your value. They are a gutsy signal of how much you believe you are ready to grow, be more visible and make a bigger impact for your clients and team.
Everyone is your client, especially those who have yet to meet you. They are hiring managers. They are decision makers who bring you in to work with the team. They are people in other business areas whom you’ve cultivated a relationship with so well, that they are happy to refer you on for new opportunities.
On a coaching call from our last deep dive program, we discussed compliments as feedback.
Often times someone may share a “good job” or appreciation for work you or the team have done, which may surprise you. You may have thought you bombed that presentation deck or your work was not appreciated.
When sitting with your manager or clients, it’s a gutsy move to ask for feedback but it’s necessary. The reason we don’t ask is because we don’t want to hear the negative feedback, yet this is how you can improve and course correct.
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Given it is is National Compliment Day, as a gutsy homework exercise, I want you to start a feedback loop and give away a compliment.
Your gutsy action item this week is to start a feedback loop and give away a compliment.
Send an e-mail or note to someone whose support or work you sincerely appreciated, just because.
Later on this will (not if) open a door for a call, coffee date or lunch meet. This allows you to follow up with them later on and have a legitimate reason to ask for the meeting and gain feedback for your work as well.
The toughest part of networking is just getting someone to agree to meet with you, where it doesn’t feel icky and awkward, right?
I invite you to imagine the possibility of what you can create when you extend that outreach and appreciate someone.
Who is the first person that comes to mind that you can reach out to, right now? Listen to your gut and keep it real. Give away a compliment to someone whose work you truly do appreciate.
“Compliments are not meant to stroke the ego. They are strong instinctive pulses and motivators shown to improve higher achievement levels further. They are also a grateful gift. By not accepting them, you are, in reality, pushing away opportunities and suppressing your self-worth as a valuable service provider. You are essentially saying, ‘I’m not worthy of this gift.’ ”
–Based on the book Own Your Authority: Follow Your Instincts, Radiate Confidence, and Communicate as a Leader People Trust (McGraw Hill)
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