Inject this positive feedback into my veins

July 15, 2020 1:06 PM

I just left a project and in goodbye e-mails I got amazing praise, in the back of the mind being warranted but somewhat surprising in the level. Normally, I tend to think that my performance is not great and think that managers are disappointed. How can I use these feedback in the future to keep me from having those thoughts in the future? How have remembered it?
posted by sandmanwv to Work & Money (9 answers total)

I save those types of emails as PDFs and keep a folder on my G Drive called “Positive Reinforcement”. I read them when I need a boost.
posted by Juniper Toast at 1:14 PM on July 15, 2020 [15 favorites]

You might consider asking some of the folks who wrote those lovely things to add a version of them to your LinkedIn account to both remind you of the truth of it and also let other people know about it as well. The PDF idea above is a good one too. I just think testimonials are both a nice marketing thing as well if you can get them. Congratulations!
posted by Bella Donna at 1:17 PM on July 15, 2020 [2 favorites]

I use Outlook 365. I have a folder in my Inbox called !Rockstar and keep them all in there. The ! at the start of the name makes sure it's at the top of the other folders so I can see it and browse when I'm feeling low.
posted by kimberussell at 1:26 PM on July 15, 2020 [6 favorites]

Start and maintain a brag document.
posted by caek at 1:30 PM on July 15, 2020 [8 favorites]

I have a collection of links and personal notes and set a periodic reminder to reread them. It’s just infrequent enough that they give me a little jolt.
posted by michaelh at 1:38 PM on July 15, 2020

I actually print them out, as I'm not really ever going to look through the saved digital version. Whenever I'm feeling down, I have a little folder to cheer me up. This is assuming there's nothing private or confidential there obviously.
posted by Aranquis at 3:34 PM on July 15, 2020 [1 favorite]

I have a label in gmail called Confidence Boosters. I might need to look at those soon...
posted by kathrynm at 3:42 PM on July 15, 2020

I just had the same experience and I saved the emails both in a folder in Gmail as well as as a PDF on my drive. Those things are so precious to me.
posted by Kitchen Witch at 3:48 PM on July 15, 2020 [2 favorites]

Similar to most of the above, but at my old email heavy job we called the folder “fuzzies.”
posted by charmcityblues at 4:41 PM on July 15, 2020