Last week, I read a beautiful AP article on the writer's appreciation for Bill Russell. As a European, I had never heard of the late Bill Russell (1934-2022), an American basketball player and coach. The word appreciation triggered my curiosity though, and my subsequent interest in this word. Appreciation and gratitude are related but not the same. In my view, their...
My recent blog on compensation did not mention the word above: recognition. These topics could, however, be related for some but not necessarily. My writing (2014-today) started as therapeutic following my 2013 burnout and subsequent depression. I doubt it now relates to finding recognition. "Recognition in sociology is the public acknowledgement of a person's...
Last Thursday morning, Dutch band Rondé was promoting their new single: I'm ready to love myself (see song below). The band's singer was talking about her transformation to self-love (in Greek: philautia). Before, she did not believe in the healing nature of loving yourself. How do you get there? It's important to realise that both love and self-love are output and...
In response to yesterday's blog on recognition and appreciation, a friend wrote to me that she doesn't like compliments as she feels she doesn't deserve them. She prefers action rather than words. Actually, a recent article in Psychology Today confirms her statement to me: Why women can't accept compliments. Compliments do have a weird effect on people. Why? The...
This blog is at the request of a friend who sent me a (Dutch) article from Psychology Magazineon recognition (NL: erkenning) including appreciation (NL: waardering). It took me some time to recognise and appreciate its importance. Perhaps fear was another reason for my delay. To some extent, this topic is like a taboo as we really don't like to admit how much...
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