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How To Stop Selling Yourself Short At Work (With Examples)
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No one wants to be “that guy” who shamelessly brags about themselves, but in the workplace, it’s possible to be too modest. Consistently selling yourself short is detrimental to your career and may annoy your coworkers as much as the super braggy person does.
In this article, we’ll show you how to stop selling yourself short at work — without being obnoxious — and examples of what selling yourself short looks like.
Being confident and honest about your skills will help others trust you and move your career forward.
Selling yourself short is often a result of not believing that your skills, ideas, and experience is valuable.
Hiding, denying, or downplaying your achievements and abilities is a form of selling yourself short, as is avoiding opportunities to push yourself.
How to Stop Selling Yourself Short at Work
For those who are selling themselves short, purposefully or not, the path to remedy the situation isn’t always clear. This is what you’ve been doing this whole time, after all. Even if you know you’re doing something wrong, it’s not always obvious what you should be doing instead.
To that end, here are some ideas about how you can start representing yourself and your accomplishments in a more flattering way:
Be accurate, but bold. You want to be confident in the way that you describe yourself (in person or not). You obviously should be careful about taking credit for something that you haven’t done, but when someone is asking you about your accomplishments or qualifications, that isn’t the time to be modest.
Own your accomplishments. When you do something particularly well or provide a sizeable boost in value for your employer, note it. We recommend keeping a “kudos folder” of all written communications stating that you’re awesome. That way, you can turn to it whenever you need a morale boost.
You can also keep screenshots of impressive statistics or links to well-performed projects in there to remind yourself that factual evidence of your greatness exists.
Ask for feedback. If you already have a job but feel that your accomplishments haven’t been recognized lately, ask your boss if there’s some way you can do a performance review sometime soon.
This article about “tooting your own horn” has some good examples about how to make sure you’re being recognized more at work without being obnoxious.
Accept compliments. Fight the urge to downplay, qualify, or negate compliments. As a first step, learn to just say thank you while maintaining eye contact with your complimenter. Also, learn to give more compliments — they’re free and they make people’s days when they’re genuine, thoughtful, and spaced-out enough.
Take on new challenges. When the opportunity arises to do something new and difficult at work, give it a shot. The more you learn through these new experiences, the more confident you’ll be at work and in new situations.
You can start small by learning a new skill in your free time or just making an effort to contribute more at meetings, if public speaking is something you struggle with.
Make sure your resume is up to date and easy to read. Especially if you’re actively looking for jobs. This is the first thing employers are going to see about you, and if it isn’t accurate or legible, then you’re doing a disservice to yourself and to your personal achievements.
Be aware of your weaknesses. It’s good to want to improve your weaknesses, but don’t let yourself be defined by them. You want people to remember you for your strengths and successes, not for your failures.
What Does “Selling Yourself Short” Mean?
The phrase “selling yourself short” originally comes from the stock market. Short selling is a common tactic amongst stockbrokers. Basically, a trader will borrow and rapidly sell stock that they believe will decline in price.
Once the stock price declines, they buy the stock back to replace what they borrowed — how much they make thus depends on how much the price has declined. Essentially, “short-selling” indicates a lack of faith in something, whether that be in a company’s stock or — in this case — in you.
When someone says that you’re selling yourself short, this means that they believe that you’re not portraying yourself in a way that’s fair to you, based on your achievements, accomplishments, or potential.
In this case, it isn’t someone else who doesn’t believe in you. You sell yourself short when you don’t believe in yourself — or, at the very least, when it appears that way.
Ways You’re Selling Yourself Short at Work
Maybe you’ve heard someone tell you recently that you’ve been selling yourself short. It can happen even to those with seemingly high self-esteem.
Fundamentally, it stems from a difference in perception — namely, when your own perception of your personal achievement or worth differs from either the reality or from someone else’s perception of you.
There are a lot of things you might be doing every day that can make people think, fairly or not, that you’re selling yourself short.
Playing down personal accomplishments. Whether in person or on a resume, downplaying things that you’ve done at work can make you seem like you lack confidence. Or worse, it can genuinely make it appear as though the things that you’ve done weren’t all that impressive.
It’s great to be modest, but you need to own your achievements as well as your mistakes. Learning to accept praise can be tough, but it’s a great way to stop selling yourself short at work.
Qualifying your statements. You might be qualifying too many of your sentences with phrases like “maybe…” or “I feel like…” — these kinds of phrases take a lot of the bite out of your statements about yourself and can make others question their truthfulness.
Also, avoid starting your ideas with “this is probably not going to work, but…” or some variation. Especially if you’re just brainstorming, allow yourself to put ideas out there without pre-judging yourself. If you don’t take your ideas seriously, others won’t take them as seriously either. That’s a recipe for a negative feedback loop where your confidence suffers.
Hiding your achievements. A poorly formatted resume can also be to blame, for those on the job hunt. Even if you’re confident in your achievements, formatting them in a way that makes them tough to parse is still selling yourself short in a massive way.
Some people are afraid of taking credit with bold, quantified accomplishments on their resume. This is a huge mistake, as the value you add is the most important thing your resume should sell.
Saying “no” to opportunities. It’s easy to stay in your comfort zone all the time. Once you know how to handle your job’s essential tasks and responsibilities, it can be scary to take on new challenges.
Sure, you might make a few mistakes or not do everything perfectly the first few times, but taking on new challenges is the only way to learn and grow. Don’t worry about your ego and remember that everyone starts as a beginner.
Failing to push yourself with new challenges will create a negative feedback loop. You won’t have the confidence to take on new things because you don’t have any recent impressive accomplishments because you don’t take on new things, etc., etc.
Avoiding the spotlight in conversations. Being an active listener is a great trait, but it also involves talking sometimes. When someone wants to talk about what you do and how you do it, be enthusiastic and confident about your work and your process.
If you sound unsure about yourself or always defer to someone else’s opinion, people might stop trusting you to get your work done on your own. Even if you’re making some mistakes, it’s usually best to proceed with an imperfect solution rather than sit around paralyzed with anxiety about what to do next.
Not communicating your wishes. Whether it’s not asking for that promotion or the help you need to get your job done, selling yourself at short work has real, financial consequences.
Additionally, if you’re afraid of others’ opinions, you may never contribute ideas to meetings. That might also make it harder to ask for a promotion down the line; another bad feedback loop.
Not crediting others’ opinions of you. Remember that selling yourself short isn’t dependent on your own perception on yourself — it’s about what others are able to see and understand about you, and whether that’s reflective of reality.
If someone can’t see or understand your very real contributions due to the way they’re being presented, then in some way, shape, or form, you’re selling yourself short.
Not negotiating salary offers. If you get a job offer and don’t negotiate the salary or benefits because you think, “I should be grateful, they probably know what I’m worth,” you’re selling yourself short.
Not making a reasonable counteroffer shows that you don’t believe in the value of your skills, and it can cause you to lose out on a higher — or even competitive — salary.
Many employers purposely lowball candidates when making job offers because they expect them to counter. While you shouldn’t ask for an exorbitant amount more, making a counteroffer of some kind is usually perfectly acceptable.
Only applying for jobs you’re overqualified for. You’re selling yourself short if you’re avoiding applying for jobs that would move your career forward.
By only applying for positions that you know you can get easily, you’re keeping yourself from growing and setting yourself up for frustration.
You might be surprised at the number of positions employers will consider you for even though you don’t meet all of their criteria. And, after all, the worst they can do is say no, so you might as well try.
Final Thoughts
It’s tough to talk about yourself; no one wants to seem like “that” coworker who always plays up their own accomplishments to the annoyance of everyone around them.
But downplaying your achievements serves no purpose other than to lower your own self-esteem while making others pity you. In the workplace, the combination of those two things can be a career-killer.
So, yes, avoid narcissism as much as you can. But remember that it’s not a bad thing to feel good about yourself, despite what every screaming chemical in your brain might be telling you.
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Don’t Sell Yourself Short
It is so easy to settle for the sheep life, enslaved to a life of another individuals making, many people sell themselves short on what they can truly accomplish, most people do not even try that hard, but they think within their mind that where they are is all that they can do and be. So many people just settle for a garbage low-level life, struggling to live because they have not self-educated themselves on how to live a better quality of life. If you want better, you must do better. Learn about success so that you may become successful. You get what you settle for, if you settle for mediocrity you will get misery.
Are you doing your best? Are you focused? Are you really giving it your all? Do you have a whatever it takes mentality? Are you really about success?
Do not just settle for making a living, design a life that you are proud to live, the choice is yours to get started on new path, the path of something greater, the path of personal development, the path of fearlessness, ambition, drive, determination, adventure, focus, hunger, grit, action, and greatness.
Many people do not see that they have something greater within them, the potential is within each and every human being to accomplish amazing things, you just have to go to work on developing the right skills that will enable you to live life on a whole new level. Focus on the key skills, focus on self-mastery, so that you may elevate your life to a whole new level.
What is within the so-called greats is within you too, do not be fooled by the great heights that they have got to as if they have been endowed with some special gifts that make them superhuman, it is hard work and dedication that develops an individual’s inner strength so that they may attain success.
Action is what makes all the difference between successful people and the rest who just sit around assuming disaster. Action is what helps you to conquer your fears, action is what reveals the truth about who you can be, action is what helps you make progress, action is the key, the key to getting anywhere is to take some action, if it does not work out, take some more action, and the more you do the more you succeed or learn.
Be action orientated rather than talk orientated, write down what you want in the form of goals for the next 6 months, with plans, and deadlines to achieve them and take action every single day to attain your goals. It is so common for people to just drift on the current of mediocrity to their demise, sitting back on the boat of conformity. Write down what you want this year and go after it by taking action.
One year from now, if you are still in the same place, would you be satisfied? The days slip into weeks, the weeks into months, and the months into years. Years just race by in the blink of an eye, pause and reflect and see where your life is heading. Bob Marley said it best, “Open your eyes, look within. Are you satisfied with the life you’re living?”
If you don’t shape your world the way you want it to be it will just unfold into a life of mediocrity most probably, if you don’t make a plan for your life, no one else will, don’t expect others to make success a priority for you, that is up to you. Life will end up being not much. Look around, that is how most people are living, trapped in someone else’s life, resigned to a life of someone else’s dream, unaware that they have betrayed themselves and they just float by making excuses about why they do not take action, excuses are used to justify laziness and fear.
Strive for what you want, you can do and be whatever you want to be, the choice is yours, you can shape your life in whatever way you want it to be, we all have the choice to create our world, but most people seem to remain asleep to this fact and settle for the conformists life. It is easy being like everyone else, it takes nothing to join the crowd, it takes courage to stand alone and be who you truly want to be.
It is in the grind that you will discover your strength, your fearlessness, and your true greatness that resides within you. Go confidently in the direction you truly want to go, get on the road of success and keep on pushing forward, keep on building, and keep on keeping on.
Do not ever give up on yourself, do not be idle with your days, daily consistent action on the right tasks will elevate your life to a whole new level. Put in the work now and the results will show, hard work does pay off, you shall reap what you sow, so do not expect to be living at a higher level if you do not take action. Let your actions be a reflection of your hunger for a better life.
Your grind doesn’t lie. Talk is cheap, action proves who you really want to be.
“Challenege yourself. Don’t settle for mediocre or good enough. There is always more, better, that next level of achievement. Go for it. believe.”
Mary Frances winters
Fear Of The Unknown
A Lack Of Action Is What Keeps You In Darkness
My name is Asad Meah, I am the CEO & Founder of AwakenTheGreatnessWithin. I am a dreamchaser who has gained a wealth of knowledge in entrepreneurship and personal development over the past five years through self-education. My mission is to inspire millions of people to become entrepreneurs by awakening their minds to their greatness that resides within them.
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Awakening
Have The Courage To Begin Again
How is life going for you?
Is this the life that you had planned?
Many stumble into a life that is not the life that they want to live and resign themselves forever to a life of mediocrity.
Have you even started? Many do not even bother making a determined effort to get clear on the type of life they want to live.
There is an epidemic among the masses who are asleep, they have become fooled into getting in line with the sheep.
If you are going to work just to make money and pay your bills then you have become a slave to the system.
What a shame it is that most people are unaware that they are living a lie.
If the life you are living is not one that you are proud of, have the courage to begin again.
Have the courage within you to say, this is not how my story will end.
Have the courage to start a new adventure of fearlessness in the pursuit of your dreams.
The system in place has a way in which it hypnotizes people into believing that it is ok to just go to work to pay your bills and spend your entire life chasing things that will not mean much in the end.
Awaken within yourself and shed the skin of mediocrity and reveal your true self.
The one you want to truly be lay hidden behind the lies and fears of the world.
We come into this world as fearless beings who have greatness instilled within us, but it seems that life has a way of dampening our spirits and turns us into ‘normal people’, being normal is a crime to oneself, and the coward’s way of living.
Begin again, let this day be day one of a new journey, the journey on the path of greatness, to a life of service, love, abundance, and prosperity.
Life should be lived in a way that we impact millions of people with our gifts and talents, each person has the potential within them to make the world a better place, should we not take it upon ourselves to help others if we are capable of doing so?
Move away from this selfish living of just thinking about your own needs, start living for humanity, for the people, for the ones who have no one inspire them and tell them that they too have greatness within them.
It does not matter about the life that you lived yesterday, you can start over, you can impact millions of people, you can be the one you want to be, and you can live your dreams.
Have the courage to begin again if you find that you are not happy with the life that you are living.
Many people make the mistake of repeating the loser’s story within their mind, they sell themselves short by repeating to themselves that they are their past mistakes, failures, disappointments, and grades, and to top it off they are so easily swayed by the opinions of others who tell them what they can or can’t accomplish and they accept those peoples definition of them (Major Key* – Move away and eliminate negative life restricting people from your life – negativity is contagious, believe me, I know, I have experienced it).
You have to start telling yourself a new story within your mind, one where you are the champion, the hero, the winner, one in which you are living a life of abundance in all areas of your life. Keep on visualizing the dream life that you want to live and keep on repeating to yourself ‘I am living my dreams’. Exterminate the old thoughts that hold you back to the life that you don’t want to live, use your thoughts to elevate your life to a greater level not confine you.
Always have action at the forefront of your mind. Action is the key that turns your dreams into reality. Daily action on the right tasks will take you wherever you are determined to go. Action is what makes all the difference between who you want to be and who you become. Your daily actions determine the life that you live.
“i hope you live a life you’re proud of. If you find that you are not, I hope you have the strength to start all over again.”
f. Scott Fitzgerald
Do share your thoughts, I would love to hear them, and share this article with others so that they too can Awaken and start living their dreams. Have a great day!
sell someone short
1 sell someone short
Many parents have an uneasy feeling that they are selling their children short — Многих родителей мучает мысль, что они не все могут дать своим детям
If I’d known he was going to sell me short, I wouldn’t have let him in on the deal — Если бы я знал, что он меня наколет, я бы не стал брать его в дело
2 man
быть независимым, самостоятельным;
свободно распоряжаться собой to be one’s own
прийти в себя, быть в норме;
держать себя в руках contact
to his own taste = на вкус на цвет товарищей нет good
! здорово!, здравствуй!;
man and boy с юных лет;
(all) to a man все до одного, как один (человек), все без исключения
слуга, человек;
I’m your man разг. я к вашим услугам, я согласен ideas
рекл. носитель идей insurance
attr. городской;
town house городская квартира;
town water вода из городского водопровода;
a man about town человек, ведущий светский образ жизни good
! здорово!, здравствуй!;
man and boy с юных лет;
(all) to a man все до одного, как один (человек), все без исключения
муж;
man and wife муж и жена
in the street, амер. тж. man in the car заурядный человек, обыватель;
man about town светский человек;
прожигатель жизни
in the street, амер. тж. man in the car заурядный человек, обыватель;
man about town светский человек;
прожигатель жизни street: street: the man in the
обыватель;
заурядный человек;
to walk the streets, to be on the streets заниматься проституцией
of distinction (или mark, note) выдающийся, знаменитый человек
of ideas изобретательный, находчивый человек;
man of pleasure сластолюбец
в устойчивых сочетаниях: как представитель профессии: man of law адвокат, юрист
of means состоятельный человек mean:
высокопринципиальный человек;
a man of no principles беспринципный человек
of letters писатель, литератор, ученый;
man of office чиновник;
man of the pen литератор
of ideas изобретательный, находчивый человек;
man of pleasure сластолюбец pleasure:
of principle принципиальный человек;
man of no principles беспринципный человек
of property собственник property:
of no scruples недобросовестный, бессовестный человек;
man of sense здравомыслящий, разумный человек sense: sense здравый смысл (тж. common sense, good sense) ;
ум;
a man of sense разумный человек
of straw воображаемый противник
of straw ненадежный человек
of straw подставное, фиктивное лицо
of straw соломенное чучело straw: a man of
воображаемый противник;
not to care a straw относиться совершенно безразлично;
a straw in the wind намек, указание a man of
ненадежный человек a man of
подставное, фиктивное лицо a man of
of taste человек со вкусом
of letters писатель, литератор, ученый;
man of office чиновник;
man of the pen литератор
of the world светский человек
of the world человек, умудренный жизненным опытом
достоинства;
a man of worth достойный, заслуживающий уважения человек;
he was never aware of her worth он никогда не ценил ее по заслугам
подбодрять;
to man oneself мужаться, брать себя в руки media
of worth достойный, почтенный человек;
сочетания типа family man, self-made man, medical man, leading man, etc. см. под family, self-made, medical, leading, etc. medical: medical врачебный, медицинский;
medical aid медицинская помощь;
the medical profession медицинские работники, врачи
терапевтический;
medical ward терапевтическое отделение больницы
of worth достойный, почтенный человек;
сочетания типа family man, self-made man, medical man, leading man, etc. см. под family, self-made, medical, leading, etc. medical:
of worth достойный, почтенный человек;
сочетания типа family man, self-made man, medical man, leading man, etc. см. под family, self-made, medical, leading, etc.
of worth достойный, почтенный человек;
сочетания типа family man, self-made man, medical man, leading man, etc. см. под family, self-made, medical, leading, etc. tally
контролер при погрузке и выгрузке товара tally
лицо, продающее товар по образцам tally
лицо, продающее товар в рассрочку tally
лицо, продающее товар в кредит tally
! здорово!, здравствуй!;
man and boy с юных лет;
(all) to a man все до одного, как один (человек), все без исключения wealthy
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sell short — v. To sell shares of stock or other commodities borrowed from someone else, intending to buy them back at a lower price later so as to make a profit and still be able to return the shares or their value to their original owner. n. short sale See… … Law dictionary
sell short — ► sell short fail to recognize or state the true value of. Main Entry: ↑sell … English terms dictionary
sell short — verb 1. sell securities or commodities or foreign currency that is not actually owned by the seller, who hopes to cover (buy back) the sold items at a lower price and thus to earn a profit • Topics: ↑commerce, ↑commercialism, ↑mercantilism •… … Useful english dictionary
sell short — sell (someone/something) short to not appreciate the qualities of someone or something as much as they deserve. I think her presentation really sold Morocco short. Usage notes: sometimes used in the form sell yourself short not have reasonable… … New idioms dictionary
sell short — sell at a loss … English contemporary dictionary
sell short against the box (to) — In the stock market to sell borrowed shares while owning the same or similar shares that one delivers later to complete the transaction. ► “The most popular is to ‘sell short against the box.’ To do this, you arrange through a broker to sell… … American business jargon
sell short — Synonyms and related words: belittle, clear the trade, close out, convert, convert into cash, cut under, deprecate, depreciate, disparage, dump, effect a sale, job, liquidate, make a sale, make light of, make little of, make nothing of, market,… … Moby Thesaurus
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sell\ short — v To think (a person or thing) less good or valuable than is true; underestimate. Don t sell the team short; the players are better than you think. Some teachers sold John short … Словарь американских идиом
sell short — idi bus a) bus to sell stocks at a high price without actually possessing them, expecting to cover them later at a lower price and keeping the price difference as profit b) to disparage or underestimate … From formal English to slang