You honor the accomplishments of others while neglecting, even hiding your own.
Great leaders are great at honoring others. Honor multiplies success and motivates individuals. You’re constantly scouting-out behaviors, attitudes, and accomplishments to spotlight. Honor is one of your most powerful leadership tools.
Failure:
We’d all respond positively when encouraged to get out there and honor others. Honoring our own success, however, feels foreign, awkward, even wrong.
Questions:
If honor encourages others why wouldn’t it encourage you? Who celebrates your success with you?
Bragging Buddy:
Connect with someone and brag to each other. Don’t compete with each other, celebrate each other’s success. Jon Acuff calls it the “bragging table.” Jon gets together with a friend to enjoy bragging sessions.
Poo Poo:
Some may think a bragging buddy dangerously promotes arrogance. Acuff suggests a private “bragging table” is safe middle ground between arrogance and feeling ashamed of personal desires to share our accomplishments.
Public honor:
- Never publicly brag; it’s unattractive, arrogant, and off putting.
- Let others publicly honor you. Gracefully receive and appreciate any honor others extend to you.
- Honor everyone who contributes to your success.
Private honor:
Tell a bragging buddy the things you’ve done; the things you’re proud of. Wouldn’t it be great to have someone in your life that celebrates your success with you?
What if:
What if you found a bragging buddy? What if you called and asked each other:
- What did you accomplish this week?
- What opportunities came your way?
- What did you do that makes you proud to be you?
What are the pros and cons of having a bragging buddy? Is this something you would consider?
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During my conversation with national bestselling author of “Quitters,” Jon Acuff, he told me he regularly enjoys breakfast with a friend. They call it the “bragging table.” They honor their opportunities and successes. This post was inspired by our chat.