I finditreallypainfultosay, ohyeah, I'm reallygoodatthis, or I did a reallygoodjobatthat.
I evenfinditembarrassingandpainfultobetoldthat, evenifsomebodythinks I havedone a goodjob.
I definitelythinkit's importanttobeabletosellyourselfatwork, notonlyforyourmanagersandyourbossesandevenyourcolleaguestohaveconfidenceinyouandyourworkandwhatyou'reabletoproduce, butalsotogiveyourselfthatconfidence.
Andthesephrasesandexampleswouldworkthesamein a conversationwithyourmanager, likeanappraisal, whichiswhereyoutalkabouttheworkthatyou'vedoneandtalkaboutyourgoalsforthefuture.
Yeah, sothisisquite a goodopportunitytoflatterthecompany.
Sotosaylotsofgoodthingsaboutthecompany, butalsotolinkinthegoodthingsthatyou'vesaidaboutyourselfandwhyyouthinkthattheymakeyou a reallygoodfitforthatcompany.
Soyeah, it's a reallygoodchancetosellyourselfasallthesequestionsare, ifyoulookatthemintherightway.
Infact, a lotofthesequestions, you'rebasicallytelling a storyaboutyourself, but a storythatshowswhyyou'rereallygoodforthisjob.
Yeah, andit's kindofthesameevenwhenyou'realreadyin a job, you'retalkingwithyourmanager, you'rereviewingyourwork.