We the people from Indo-Pak are taught that modesty is a good virtue . You should not too your own horn.
There is a very famous idiom.
Apnay monh mian mitto bun na.
But at workplace anywhere in the world when it come to highlighting your achievements and your accomplishments you have to toot your own horn.
There are very few people at work who will thank you and praise your work and report your good behavior to your superiors.
What are those good methods of highlighting your accomplishments to your superiors yourself or with the help of others ?
If you want to follow your culture in the west then be my guest, however, what I try to do is to be honest if I can do something well, I would for sure make it known if it is to get me an opportunity.
But by emplementing your eastern behaviour for such elements, you will definitely miss out on opportunities.
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It's somethign that I've struggled with but have finally come to terms with. Must toot my horn as loud as I can, else I won't be heard over the sound of everyone else tooting theirs.
It's somethign that I've struggled with but have finally come to terms with. Must toot my horn as loud as I can, else I won't be heard over the sound of everyone else tooting theirs.
Very true. I could not say it better.:biggthumb
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toot your horn at the right time to the right audience with the right volume and tone. overdoing it is more dangerous than not doing it
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as X2 said toot it at the right time in front of right audience. There shouldn’t be any modesty in tooting your PROFESSIONAL accomplishments at the right platform. 
Otherwise you will be lost in crowd.
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And so we are indoctrinated in to Capitalism ... myself included
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ok lemme be lill honest here.
i am very kanjoos when it comes to tareef, but when ever i do it, it is always an honest opinion of mine.
i intentionally dont do "Apnay monh mian mitto bun na" y because i generally dont follow the so-called conventions.
but then as i grew up and interacted with more people i figured that out that there are many people who needs appreciation (to boost up their morale)
but i was wrong...cuz there are many people who simply dont deserve my appreciation...cuz not only they take my appreciation as if they deserve it, but also they humiliated me.
ps. there are very few people who can stand up for u, but desis dont know how to keep up with those people.....and with time (and ego and jealousy) they lose contact with them and left with the average mind people like themselves!
when is the right time and right audience? i mean should you toot your horn in your cover letter, or during an interview? or like in between times?
We the people from Indo-Pak are taught that modesty is a good virtue . You should not too your own horn. There is a very famous idiom. Apnay monh mian mitto bun na. But at workplace anywhere in the world when it come to highlighting your achievements and your accomplishments you have to toot your own horn. There are very few people at work who will thank you and praise your work and report your good behavior to your superiors. What are those good methods of highlighting your accomplishments to your superiors yourself or with the help of others ?
Tooting your horn is different than marketing yourself.
Its like Sugar coating someone vs edifying the person.
Marketing is a genuine art where you show another party, how you can add value in thier ventures, through the skills that you developed or that traits that you carry
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Aray yaar , I am not talking about marketing yourself. I am talking about broadcasting your achievements which will go un-noticed if you be modest about them. For example an issue is costing company millions of dollars a day in lost revenue. The boss of the users of the software is pressing for the resolution ASAP . Users contacted you and you resolved the issue. Everybody is happy but they did not tell their boss that you are their savior. This information can result in a hefty bonus vs mediocre bonus for you. Now should you be modest and keep quite or let everybody know that you saved the day.
when is the right time and right audience? i mean should you toot your horn in your cover letter, or during an interview? or like in between times?
do the right people in your company..or any organization know what you do, your accomplishments, how your are adding value? there are ways to tell people, the right time is a judgement call.
Think about it, if some key people are sitting around and talking about some new project or initiative, and thinking about who can be involved in it, if you have the right skills, interests, capabilities ..would they know.
That is what it boils down to.
its not going around and saying, I am so good, and i rock, I did this I did that all the time, that pisses people off especially colleagues which could be simple annoyance to jealousy. You dont have to be perceived as a loudmouth etc.
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Your work and your achievements will boast for you.
do the right people in your company..or any organization know what you do, your accomplishments, how your are adding value? there are ways to tell people, the right time is a judgement call.
Think about it, if some key people are sitting around and talking about some new project or initiative, and thinking about who can be involved in it, if you have the right skills, interests, capabilities ..would they know.
That is what it boils down to.
its not going around and saying, I am so good, and i rock, I did this I did that all the time, that pisses people off especially colleagues which could be simple annoyance to jealousy. You dont have to be perceived as a loudmouth etc.
sir app apna pm box bhi to khula rekhain :p
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I am on a personal contact vacation, no PMs, no emails, no msgs in my blog.
only public contact on fourms, or only ppl who can reach me are ppl who have my phone number, and that better be for a good reason.
I have other things to focus on these days.
Your work and your achievements will boast for you.
if people know about them and know you are responsible for those achievements
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Marketing is the word :k: Its an age of marketing. Untill you market yourself with good advertisement, you wont be able to have your talents and merit recognised. Mirch, do not take marketing here is a negative way, it worths because otherwise the deserving ones are pushed back to the wall. Zobia, you need to learn it all, kid
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learning is a never ending process....but what makes you say so?
If you're intelligent enough to eralize the importance.. You'll know when to do it. It can be anything from just cc'ing important people/managers on your important emails where you're 'saving the world' or have saved the world... Or you can always just digress a little from a casual chit chat to tell a manager how the business stuffed something up after the go-live and how it was an interesting situation and potentially very dangerous but you managed to get out.. and it was fun!
Tells him you did a good job, and that you're important and that you're passionate about what you do. It isnt really that hard to make something sound very challenging and complicated (which it is sometimes, but not as much for you), and how you nailed it.
I dont know... its a fine line between coming across as a total smartarse trying to get credit for everything, and just spicing things up enough to come across as the savior of the world!