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Praise
In a sister post to "Criticism," praise has been on my mind lately.
How do you know when to praise? And how much? Praise is something that I'm quite wretched at, simply because I don't take praise well myself. Praise always seems to be designed to make me like the person, rather than truly praise me. It seems so fake when someone praises me for doing an "EXCELLENT JOB!!" on something that took me almost no effort.
Typically, I only "praise" when I feel someone has done something exceptional, not when they're meeting normal requirements and achieving "average." However, my line for what is 'exceptional' is a great deal higher than others.
How do you know when someone needs to be praised/reinforced/told they're doing something right?
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