{"id":25124,"date":"2017-05-29T09:24:15","date_gmt":"2017-05-29T13:24:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.cccc.org\/news_blogs\/?p=25124"},"modified":"2023-09-08T11:55:23","modified_gmt":"2023-09-08T15:55:23","slug":"authenticity-and-appreciation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.cccc.org\/news_blogs\/john\/2017\/05\/29\/authenticity-and-appreciation\/","title":{"rendered":"Authenticity and Appreciation"},"content":{"rendered":"
This entry is part 3 of 3 in the series Appreciation at Work<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n

Expressing appreciation<\/strong> to someone will only benefit the two of you if they believe you really mean what you say. They must believe that your appreciation is authentic<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The risk in writing this post is that someone will misuse it to try to make their appreciation seem more authentic than it really is. That’s not<\/em> what I’m trying to accomplish!! What I want to do is help you avoid undermining your authentic expression of appreciation in the eyes of the recipient.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In terms of authenticity and appreciation:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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  1. Only the person giving<\/em> appreciation can know with certainty if they are being authentic or not. They know their motivations and how much they really believe what they are expressing. For the giver of appreciation, authenticity is reality-based.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  2. For the person receiving<\/em> appreciation, they cannot know with certainty what is going on inside the head of the person giving appreciation. They can only make a judgment based on their interpretation<\/em> of previous history with the person and how convincingly that aligns with the appreciation now being received. For the recipient of appreciation, authenticity is perception-based.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n
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