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    Patrick Collison‏Verified account @patrickc Oct 16

    I used to wonder whether recognition from others is relative (such that we can only reallocate it) or absolute (we can make more!). Am now convinced it’s the latter, and that there’s a broad-based deficit in the world — a kind of Vitamin D deficiency for validation.

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      2. Patrick Collison‏Verified account @patrickc Oct 16

        TL;DR: if you think someone’s work is good, and important, tell them! It really can make a surprisingly large difference and it took me quite a while to appreciate extent.

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      3. Patrick Collison‏Verified account @patrickc Oct 21

        Related: https://marginalrevolution.com/marginalrevolution/2018/10/high-return-activity-raising-others-aspirations.html …pic.twitter.com/NQ3IwoIpaA

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      2. Vijay Subramanian‏ @vjsubr Oct 16
        Replying to @patrickc

        I’ve reached your conclusion as well (after struggling with it early in my career). However, certain individuals/group cultures may perceive lower value with increased recognition making the dynamic a bit more complicated.

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      3. Santiago Basulto  🍪‏ @santiagobasulto Oct 16
        Replying to @vjsubr @patrickc

        I had a Russian friend that used to say: “if you do what you’re supposed to do, you don’t need a compliment. It’s your job” (this was while we managed a group of software devs, at the end of each sprint, I wanted to have a little celebration). I completely get your point @vjsubr.

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      2. Cyan‏Verified account @cyantist Oct 16
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        It’s because we fixate on negative anomalies rather than amplify the good in the world.

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      1. Randall Koutnik‏ @rkoutnik Oct 16
        Replying to @patrickc

        Have you read @wiredferret's take on this?http://www.heidiwaterhouse.com/2018/07/04/praise-is-a-vitamin/ …

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      1. Laurent VB‏ @Laurent_VB Oct 17
        Replying to @patrickc

        What we noticed working on this subject for a while, is that giving recognition is more like a muscle. The more you practice, the easier it becomes.

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      1. Vegan‏ @vegan Oct 16
        Replying to @patrickc

        I think this is the main reason why many people blow staggering amounts on their weddings. They feel like it's the one and only chance they'll have in their entire lives to be the star for a whole day.

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      1. Ben Adida‏ @benadida Oct 16
        Replying to @patrickc

        Totally agree with the point, but as the husband of a professor of dermatology, I cringe at the analogy: the vitamin D deficiency story is greatly overblown. But yeah, love your main point :)

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      1. Harrington‏ @iAmLikelyWrong Oct 17
        Replying to @patrickc

        Recognition increases a subject's legibility of their own status Status is relative, but legibility is not More legible a person's status is to herself, the more it can affect future behavior Thus, recognition / encouragement can create positive-sum behavioral differences

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      1. Jon Gold‏ @jongold Oct 17
        Replying to @patrickc

        Recognition, gratitude, love. You can tell every person in your life how much they mean to you every time you see them. It feels weird at first having been socialized in Europe, but it feels good I promise 🙏

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      1. Molly Graham‏ @molly_g Oct 18
        Replying to @patrickc

        I am constantly shocked at how few people tell someone when they’re exceptional, and at how infrequently exceptional people hear how good they are

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      1. Tin Cheung‏ @tin_cheung Oct 17
        Replying to @patrickc

        Agreed on the general point - but I wouldn’t say deficiency - more like misplaced; there’s too much celebration of mediocrity or the wrong behaviors (that happen to please a minority in “power”). Praise, encouragement and power to those who deserve it!

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      1. Majid Iqbal‏ @mxiqbal Oct 17
        Replying to @patrickc

        It tends to absolute with respect to people within tribes and relative as a whole. Outsiders don’t get as much of it. Social capital I guess. Adam Grant talks about it ‘Originals’.

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      1. Ian K Tindale‏ @u0421793 Oct 17
        Replying to @patrickc

        Twitter’s datum point in particular is zeroed at criticism, not constructive, but just painted everywhere one goes like a pheromone trail, or pissing. Everyone feels it is their duty to criticise and incorrectly think that offers value somehow.

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      1. Colin Barnes‏ @colin_barnes Oct 16
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        So positive vs zero sum?

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      1. Greg Battle: gbattle‏ @gbattle Oct 18
        Replying to @patrickc

        To externalize the validation of your work/life/emotional state is to accept being a victim to a world that owes you nothing. The only sustainable validation/love is that which you hold for yourself. Everything else is gravy baby.

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      1. Cameron Yarbrough‏ @yarbroughcam Oct 17
        Replying to @patrickc

        Hey Patrick! Do you want to be an executive coach? Torch is hiring haha!

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      1. Jonathan‏ @SimplyJonChou Oct 17
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        empower others and fix that deficiency 👌

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