You’ve worked on a report for three weeks. You think it’s one of your best pieces of work since joining this new team and manager. You’ve pushed yourself and are expecting your new boss to be over the moon with the report you prepared for her. You send the report to her and the team the night before for their review.
She explains her logic in a way that you perceive she’s disappointed that you didn’t do it her way in your draft. She makes a few more recommendations about what she’d like to see changed. At the end of her explanation she pauses, looks directly at you and says, “Thank you for a great piece of work.” And then she moves on to the next agenda item.This micro skill points out the benefits for learning how to celebrate the positive.
One important step toward celebrating positive moments is acknowledging them and labeling them as we do negative moments. Celebrating positive moments is good for our mental health.
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