Never post your achievements
Kishore Ramkrishna Shintre
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Your social media wall is a mirror of your own personality. You need to maintain it's standard and quality while sharing knowledge, positivity, optimism, happiness, love, care and humanity related matters which are generally liked by people. Not many would like to know about your personal achievements on your wall, it may be updated on your personal profile or whatever is your private space and not a public banner which is read by most of the people first thing in the morning when they check their social media updates.
People enjoy serious and rational stuff and may or may not want to feel happy for your success. Therefore, sorry, I don’t think it is necessary for you to post your achievements on social media wall even if it is your private wall. You own it and have rights to put whatever you feel like. See , there is a clear difference between needs and wishes. Like water for drinking is your need and owning a car is your wish. I hope you can make a difference there. Blowing your own trumpet on the wall sounds like your pride and arrogance reflected. Instead be humble and let some one else do it for you, may be a friend, a colleague, team member or ideally your superior should talk about your success, which means a lot really.
Social media is basically a place to connect with people and let everyone know what are you about to do or have been doing lately. If you feel like everyone should know that you are onto something ,you should post it. Perhaps an easier way to let everyone know then personally messaging everyone about your success. You can also share light jokes or anecdotes which might be interesting for some people to enjoy. You can also write philosophical general stuff about behaviour, time management and the like.
Please understand everyone liking your posts doesn’t necessary like you. It is not a compulsion to share everything on fb. I personally believe one should enjoy his/her achievements and share with near and dear ones firstly and with fb family if they want. Plus sharing those moments sometimes might distract you and you might not enjoy the same. In the same way someone who may have posted adverse comments on your post may not be necessarily your enemy or a rival but may have expressed his or her opinion, which may be more useful than getting simple likes or good comments praising your post.
I believe one should first ask himself/herself that whether posting or boasting about their achievements on social media, would provide them any kind of happiness or make them feel better in any way. If it does, then definitely post it, share it as much as you can but if you think that it doesn’t matter because ultimately it’s your own personal achievement & doesn’t necessarily mean it will make anyone see & like it without getting jealous, then sit back & enjoy. In simple terms, if number of likes or shares doesn’t affect you badly then I think there is no harm in sharing something you’ve achieved. After all you are feeling proud of yourself.
I generally do not like to post the achievements on social media wall. It looks better and impact full if someone else post on my wall congratulating and praising about my achievements. self speak of glory looks awkward is not it? If you have any external link of your achievements like some websites, blog or any other person’s post where your achievements has been mentioned. You can definitely share that link and it looks better.
Social media is always about socialising so if you find your achievements worth showing off you could but its always depending on you how you want everyone thinking of you. Mainly its because whatever you share on social media wall is not seen by any your selected friends its public so if you want people to see who you really are you can go ahead and post and let everyone know about your achievements.
We tend to advertise ourselves on social media so as to feel an instant gratification. Likes on social media induce receptors in the brain in a very similar manner to what drugs do. Essentially implying you're ‘addicted’ to social media. While it does help your chances at socialisation, it mostly breeds narcissistic behaviour. So, my take is to avoid it. You don't have to approve yourself through social media. You can do it by taking a look at yourself and being proud of who you are
It is finally your personal choice whether you want to share your achievements with virtual world or to share it with real friends only which makes more sense since virtual friends live in your virtual world and not the real world. There is no harm in celebrating your success with your closed ones family and friend and to let the world know, you have achieved something is a choice not an obligation whatsoever. Stay blessed! #kishoreshintre #possessedbywritingspirit
Psychologist
4 年I do agree
Founder & Chief Knowledge Facilitator, NIRVAN Life Sciences.
4 年Social media, esp. LinkedIn is full of "Self Claims". I Am this and I Am that.. Most interesting would be to read the fancy titles which are no less than any Claim, Empathpreneur, Soul Scientist, Mediocrity killer. It all sound like English movie titles...???? Unfortunately this is how we have Understood Personal Branding. Becoz to us Personal means "I". When something becomes a Norm then no one looks for Humility in Real sense.. Humility is now limited to how you generously write sweets words, how much you appreciate, how you Thank everyone to read your Self Claims. Our Understanding is limited to "I". Humility is just a Moral Science lesson.
Communication Coach , Mentor, Soft Skills, Voice and Accent, English Language, Personality Development Consultant
4 年Well said!