Surviving For Appreciation

Appreciation is one of the universal elements that matter in everyone's professional or personal life. The scientific reason behind this is appreciation results in the release of dopamine, which ultimately creates an intense feeling of satisfaction and enjoyment.

Does Expectation Matters To You?

Though the expectations push us to grow, at the same time, managing expectations is not that easy as there're both, good as well as bad sides of having them. One should always remember that certain things might be in our control while certain might not be. Expecting too much from the work that we did, reduces joy in life. Surprises, on the other hand, increase joy and cheerfulness in life. Let the surprises befall, don't anticipate others to come and appreciate your work. Don't survive for appreciation as it may prove damn dangerous in such a way one can't even imagine. Lemme explain to you how.

Side-Effects Of Expecting To Be Appreciated

In my research for this blog, I've been through hundreds of articles from major news and psychology sources and most of them cite "lack of appreciation" as the fundamental reason behind divorce, breakup, communication gaps and emotional distance. According to researcher M. Gary Neuman, 44% of people in the age group of 15 to 60 are emotionally dissatisfied in their relationships. The primary reason? Lack of communication and appreciation. Then as per Gallup polls, only about 1/3rd of the employees interviewed worldwide say they receive weekly recognition for their work. In other words, two-thirds of people in the workplace are dopamine-deprived!

Genuine Appreciation Tips

Below are given some tips for genuinely appreciating someone for the work they did-

• Describe what the person did- be specific.
• Describe the impact.
• Don't weaken the praise with criticism. 

Firstly, I'll say that if your work, attitude or behaviour, for which you are willing to gain appreciation, is worth it, then you'll be appreciated. You don't have to make an extra effort in order to get it. Still, here I've provided some tips to gain an appreciation for the work one deserves-

• Don't try to please anyone or everyone all the time by being nice to them.
• Don't be a target of others' opinions. Listen to all, but do what is relevant as per you and the facts.
• Never be afraid of insults and rejections. At the time, it happens that one is perfect in oneself and still gets rejected. So never let the rejections bother your flow of doing things.
• Don't attach yourself with appreciation. As I said earlier, don't survive for appreciation, if you or your work is worth it, you'll surely get the same.

At Last, summarising everything, I'll say that there're three A's to lead a satisfactory life; Acceptance, Acknowledgement, and non-attachment with Appreciation. All one needs to do, is to implement them and wait for the magic to happen!

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