Don't be reluctant to claim your achievements

Hey friends! So our last three blog posts focused on different recipes for success in 2020. Our next focus will be HABITS TO BREAK in 2020! Our first one is our reluctance to claim our own achievements.

Great work doesn’t always speak for itself. If you’re not willing to be your own advocate and fan why would someone else? This doesn’t make you an obnoxious self promoter, it doesn’t have to be portrayed that way. You can be gracefully happy, proud and confident about a job well done and speak to it with appreciation and gratitude not boastfulness.

Sometimes contrasting your refusal to claim credit for your own good work makes you feel “morally superior” to anyone who is actually just comfortable doing so. This is an excuse to stay in your comfort zone instead of finding an appropriate way to actually be expressive and enthusiastic about your achievements. So, instead of having a posture of, shoulder back, chin up, “YES I DID THAT!” you congratulate yourself for being a wonderful human who doesn’t need to toot her own horn & take solace in that when you are passed over for the next promotion or opportunity.

Sometimes we are just uncomfortable when we receive praise, next time try just saying THANK YOU! Rather than deflecting.

“If you don’t find a way to speak about the value of what you’re doing, you send a message that you don’t put much value on it.” — How Women Rise

Think about your WHY. Why you do what you do, and why you want more opportunity, the next promotion or goal you’ve set. And next time you’re about to deflect your value or let it get looked over, allow that WHY to motivate you to speak up.

So don’t be reluctant to claim your achievements— you GO GIRL!

Ash XOXO