I don't accept personal praise like your last 2 examples. But I've learned to just say "thank you" or "nice of you to say" to avoid making the other person feel awkward by correcting them. Of course on some level I like praise, even if I feel compelled to reject it. But every praise feels like a test of pride.
I try to keep the perspective that I am nothing special. It's a fact that others are smarter and better than me in any given thing. But nonetheless I sometimes get to do and learn interesting things. So I celebrate those victories, because I got to play a part of the accomplishment. This helps mitigate impostor syndrome by marking the successes of the past as objective proof that my current challenges can be overcome.
More than that, praise and criticism in the work place are indicators of the merits of particular actions, not of you personally. It might (or might not, depending on the context) be a good idea to incorporate that feedback into my subsequent actions. However, it is pathological to assign my self-worth on the whims of praise (or criticism). That is essentially giving others some chains and saying "you can use these to make me do whatever you want".
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I don't accept personal praise like your last 2 examples. But I've learned to just say "thank you" or "nice of you to say" to avoid making the other person feel awkward by correcting them. Of course on some level I like praise, even if I feel compelled to reject it. But every praise feels like a test of pride.
I try to keep the perspective that I am nothing special. It's a fact that others are smarter and better than me in any given thing. But nonetheless I sometimes get to do and learn interesting things. So I celebrate those victories, because I got to play a part of the accomplishment. This helps mitigate impostor syndrome by marking the successes of the past as objective proof that my current challenges can be overcome.
More than that, praise and criticism in the work place are indicators of the merits of particular actions, not of you personally. It might (or might not, depending on the context) be a good idea to incorporate that feedback into my subsequent actions. However, it is pathological to assign my self-worth on the whims of praise (or criticism). That is essentially giving others some chains and saying "you can use these to make me do whatever you want".