Credit can mean a lot of things. Most would be happy it reflected in their in bank statements but here I am referring to something called "Shabaski".
From our childhood we are trained to get credit for the things we do.
I am using the word trained because I believe no one is born with this idea. We gradually pick it up.
Let's look at this example.
A ten year old child is asked to pick up something from the floor and put it in the dustbin.
The child does this task ( Let us assume for the example the child actually listens in this case).
After successfully completing the task the gets a pat on his back.
This small thing develops in a habit. As the child grows this behaviour is repeated quite a few times.
Now the child is accustomed to this and every time he does something he looks into the eyes of the parents expecting a pat or may be a chocolate or may be pocket money depending on the age of the child.
Instead as he grows the pat's on his back tend to decrease. Something that was once considered very good suddenly seems to have lost its value.
Then he starts rationalizing in the wrong way (as we often do).
He first thinks, his task was not seen and may be if he repeats he will get the expected result.
Sometimes it works sometimes it doesn't. As time goes by this approach also changes.
Then he begins to wonder why the significance of his work is not being taken into account.
The task may be actually quite small and routine but for him it is the biggest thing there is.
Then he starts thinking if he is undervalued and so on and so forth.
The problem is we all think this way. Everyone wants appreciation for the work they do and there is nothing wrong in getting some appreciation. But as we grow we should realize we are doing certain things because we want to do them. So appreciation by others surely feels good but in no way does it help in enhancing or degrading the value of the work.
Rather should I say when we realize such things we start growing up.
From our childhood we are trained to get credit for the things we do.
I am using the word trained because I believe no one is born with this idea. We gradually pick it up.
Let's look at this example.
A ten year old child is asked to pick up something from the floor and put it in the dustbin.
The child does this task ( Let us assume for the example the child actually listens in this case).
After successfully completing the task the gets a pat on his back.
This small thing develops in a habit. As the child grows this behaviour is repeated quite a few times.
Now the child is accustomed to this and every time he does something he looks into the eyes of the parents expecting a pat or may be a chocolate or may be pocket money depending on the age of the child.
Instead as he grows the pat's on his back tend to decrease. Something that was once considered very good suddenly seems to have lost its value.
Then he starts rationalizing in the wrong way (as we often do).
He first thinks, his task was not seen and may be if he repeats he will get the expected result.
Sometimes it works sometimes it doesn't. As time goes by this approach also changes.
Then he begins to wonder why the significance of his work is not being taken into account.
The task may be actually quite small and routine but for him it is the biggest thing there is.
Then he starts thinking if he is undervalued and so on and so forth.
The problem is we all think this way. Everyone wants appreciation for the work they do and there is nothing wrong in getting some appreciation. But as we grow we should realize we are doing certain things because we want to do them. So appreciation by others surely feels good but in no way does it help in enhancing or degrading the value of the work.
Rather should I say when we realize such things we start growing up.
