That's why I recognise MySelf 🤗🖐️.
Our appreciation only goes as far as our understanding
I understand the concept , but I think it's more complicated. The chess board is a good example, however there's less mastery wisdom required for many things that still would go unrecognized. A person may not know how to compose a piano solo but can audibly tell if it sounds good to the ear. A person may not be able to paint, yet still know they find something beautiful. Yet in these examples the musician and painter still may go unrecognized. Why? In my opinion, envy and jealousy play a role as you alluded, but also because self absorption is so rampant nowadays that society at large views it as a burden to compliment or recognize another person's achievements/abilities, because it takes away from self preoccupation. Life has become one big class reunion so to speak. " oh you climbed Mt. Everest on one leg? So cool! Now let me show you pictures of my dog skippy and son Kermit" essentially, even when recognition is given, its usually on a superficial level. Not that they don't recognize your ability, nor are they always envious. It's far sadder: indifference, if it's not about them, they just don't really care.
Very good point, but I stopped expecting recognition long ago. When I receive it, it’s a pleasant surprise.
I am recognized at my job ( I am a supervisor for a major metropolitan transit authority) by my bus operators, fellow supervisors, managers and customers. My work ethic, patience, humor and compassion are appreciated by many. I have become an unofficial mentor to many employees. I feel good about going to work every day.
I think you are right on! Most people don't have the confidence to recognize the competence of others without envy.
I’ve been working on integrating my golden shadow because I have a tendency to pedostolize people with unique genius like you. And I realized, one of the things that means so much to me about connecting with people like you is that on some level I’m recognizing that I’m capable of seeing this brilliant because I just have some brilliance inside myself in order to appreciate it.
I would say empathy and understanding is one thing that our social media driven society lacks. Realness and loyalty are no longer recognized, better yet are ridiculed. Same goes for work, unless you take charge completely of a situation others don't recognize your competence. Great content. Thanks.
Really true. I'm a musician and know some excellent fellow musicians and have watched them play to both small select audiences who are enraptured by what they do but equally play to crowds who completely ignore them and talk over them - the latter situation is by far the more common.
If recognitions are so rare to come by, employers shouldn’t expect so many workers to go above and beyond.
Is it why so many want to become comedians? - because I you are master at making jokes, millions immediately recognize this:face-blue-smiling:
This channel needs to and WILL blow up. Keep working, buddy.
I found recognition to be annoying. I was more interested in my work and going some place to be recognized just took time away and being around people made me nervous.
Thanks!
Absolutely true. Most people would lead better lives if they understood it. I for one have realized way back in my youth... I dont yearn for stupid things like that... Call me lazy but i look far ahead than most people, and while they waste time fighting for stupid prizes, i am at peace with myself, not caring for what they could misjudge me for. So much problems in this world exist and are created just because of people's ego, and desire for stupid recognition... We should be striving for the common humane good, not fighting like there is not tomorrow
This is painfully true. Especially because your friends and family may ignore you and as mentioned, the given subset of people who understand your thing may try to stab you in the back. What a bitter pill to swallow.
Doc, I think that you make us accept what is. It's time to leave behind fantasy and what we would have loved it to be..... By it, I mean LIFE. Thank you.
Also, don't forget to say that we as a culture are aware of that expectation we have individually, and therefore we are managing (and are complicit) and creating the perception that we get the recognition we need and that we don't deserve. We've been corrupted so much by this notion, that narcissism is rampant to the point of creating a "freak show" that is starting to scare us, or make us vomit. And we did it with the aid of our allergy to integrity. Isn't a time of reckoning in the horizon?
I appreciate the way you use simple yet very expressive examples to tackle complicated subjects.
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