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How to ‘Be your own cheerleader’

Rohini Gaonkar on January 06, 2023

Let me start by asking you a question - do you feel unskilled at advocating for yourself and unsure of how to be proud of your work and accomplis...
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Sarah Price

I've heard from other advice pieces that it's a good practice in general to keep a list of good things people say about you, in what context, and when. Not only is it a good reminder for ourselves, but I've heard it can be a good reference down the road as well to support promotions or job changes too!

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Rohini Gaonkar AWS

Exactly. It helps to maintain our body of work. I learned this hard way when I had to skim through 3 years of emails to get data on my body of work. So now I make it an important practice to write it down when it is fresh!

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Avinash Dalvi

very well explained. "Be your own cheerleader," The title line itself is self-motivating. 👏🏻👏🏻👌🏻

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Rohini Gaonkar AWS

Thanks Avinash 😊😊

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Waleedh Nihal

yES!

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codeyStein

I really enjoyed this read! Very helpful and motivating!

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Rohini Gaonkar AWS

Thank you for the kind words!

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codeyStein

No problem, keep it going!

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Waleedh Nihal

Thanks a bunch i alaways fell demotivated you helped me a lot!

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Rohini Gaonkar AWS

So happy it helped in some form! Thank you! Do practice it regularly and if you feel motivated, ping me on LinkedIn 😬

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Waleedh Nihal

Ok!