Humbleness Humility is the key. Please hear me on that. But false humility is just pride in disguise. If you do something that you’re proud of you need to take ownership of that thing and accept the praise you receive. There’s nothing worse then when you compliment someone and their response goes something like this: “Oh me? No I’m not that good. I just got lucky.” The results of hard work and dedication don’t result in dumb luck. God did not give us our talents to simply disregard them as something that happened by accident. So the next time someone compliments you on what a good job you’ve done, look them straight in the eyes and say: “I know. Thank you.”
Kyle Steed
Encouraging, Deep, Insightful!!! Love It, Kyle!!!
“God did not give us our talents to simply disregard them as something that happened by accident.” I couldn’t agree with you more. Great little article here.
YOU ARE AWESOME.
Man, this is so right on. I’m absolutely terrible at taking compliments from people. I’ll try to take heed your words of wisdom over the next few days, Mr. Steed.
Side note: Let’s hang out soon.
I put this into practice today. Sometimes all it takes is someone giving you permission. Thanks for sharing Kyle.
I’m inclined to think it’s both. Maybe they should answer something like this, “I know. Thank you. I’m incredibly fortunate.”
This post was awesome. Thanks for the encouragement (without the cockiness).
There are times to take comments. Those times usually happen after you become a professional. Thank you for this post.