Most of your review assumes that my intent was to promote praise regardless of honesty, but quite the opposite is true. My intent was for people to pause, take a breath, think for a few moments what good things others are doing, and then thank them for it, but only if they felt compelled to do so.
Or I’ll put it this way: it’s not about pretending to like things, it’s about putting more attention to the things about others that you already like. It’s about gratefulness, good faith and recognition. It’s about validating those that are already on the right track, to embolden them and secure them.
And this works to the extent that it is genuine. If you don’t feel what you say, people will notice and discard your opinion. Congruency is an obvious first step that I didn’t include in the post because I assumed it to be obvious.
But of course not getting that point across is all on me. I suppose I could have written a better post.
I appreciate your review.
Most of your review assumes that my intent was to promote praise regardless of honesty, but quite the opposite is true. My intent was for people to pause, take a breath, think for a few moments what good things others are doing, and then thank them for it, but only if they felt compelled to do so.
Or I’ll put it this way: it’s not about pretending to like things, it’s about putting more attention to the things about others that you already like. It’s about gratefulness, good faith and recognition. It’s about validating those that are already on the right track, to embolden them and secure them.
And this works to the extent that it is genuine. If you don’t feel what you say, people will notice and discard your opinion. Congruency is an obvious first step that I didn’t include in the post because I assumed it to be obvious.
But of course not getting that point across is all on me. I suppose I could have written a better post.