I posted an article last night regarding my sponsees and my sponsors. Gave each of them a message to express my gratitude and share with them what I felt when I got their notice for sponsorship. I also explained the reason behind why I haven't paid my sponsees for this month and what my plans are regarding my own sponsorship. If you wanna read more about it, you can check out the article in this link. Just click on that link and you can read my thoughts and the short stories I share with each of my sponsors-those who sponsors me.
After I published that article, I went on with reading my notification and answering the replies and whatnot in my notifications. I also noticed I already have few comments in my newly published article. Me being me, got excited in checking the comments. I am always excited to see how'd people react to my articles and what they'd think about it. I was answering them one by one when a comment magnet my eyes (not immediately though π I was put into pause starting at the second clause of the first sentence to the next sentence I read. Some may find it very shallow to be surprised by a simple compliment. For others, this must be something 'simple' or 'normal' for them. But for me, regardless of the real reason behind the compliment, I take this message very subtle and momentous. π€ As I've said, no one would really know if it's sincere but I'd like to remain in believing it is sincere. I don't want to spoil my kind of 'fun' and I want to keep the momentum going. So I will not think of it negatively unless told by the commenter himself otherwise. But I highly doubt that, I still want to believe he/she meant it and no one can take the smile off my face for this. ππYou can think whatever you like...well, I say, haters gonna hate π (The last statement/sentence is not for you, commenter, chill) Kidding!! π€
Moving on, when I read the comment I was really flattered. It gives me a feeling of satisfaction and pride. (Not pride as in 'mapride' in Tagalog, okay) I was proud of myself, of course. Let's keep it real. No one can truly say they don't feel proud or glad when given such a compliment. We strive to be the best for self-worth, self-love, and self-pride. All of these are factors why we do what we do. It now depends on how we signify each factor, how much we value each and which of which we value more and how we act and how it affects our characteristics. It all depends now on our thoughts.
BTW, here's the comment I'm babbling (in a positive way) about. βΊπ€ It was given by @Nasrin.adrita .. I checked her profile, if I'm not mistaken, I think she's a lady. (Please correct me if I'm wrong. I highly stand corrected.) because the avatar looks like a girl. π And I read her 'about me' part, it says "I am your loving Dr.Nasrin sultana" (copied from @Nasrin.adrita 's about me.) so I'm guessing she's a doctor. I really have o idea how to differentiate female's and male's names like those.
I once had to meet up with someone named SAMAR for business matters only to find out that I was going to meet with a very beautiful lady. I thought I was supposed to be meeting a man. π I end up apologizing. Yeah, I told her I thought she's a he. That's how I started the business meeting-with honesty. ππ
Say, @Nasrin.adrita if you'd be comfortable enough to kindly advise me if you're a she or he so I can address you more clearly next time. π€ But I totally respect it if you refuse.
HERE IS THE COMMENT:
So, what runs in my mind when I read the comment?
Me to myself: π Oh she thinks I have extraordinary thinking skill? π± Am I reading this correctly? π§Are my vision and understanding accurate right now? π΅ Let me read that again to make sure..π³Hmmmπ "Hey, Mahal (Love), πΆ read this please and tell me what it says. π¬ I just want to make sure I feed my pride with reality and not hallucinations. " π€·ββοΈπ€¦ββοΈπ
He looked at me perplexed but obeyed anyway. He read the comment, was smiling the whole time. I'd like to believe it's a positive reaction, didn't bother to ask him about it. Didn't wanna know what he thinks, for now. I kept my mind closed to other viewpoints regarding this comment, other than the one who gave it (comment). π After he finished reading the comment, we were like "Wow that's one big compliment for me('you' was what he said) And I felt his support, in addition to that, I felt that he's happy for me. Another important thing in my life. I want him to be proud of me and be happy for and with me and our achievements. I consider all my achievement as 'our' achievement, my blessings as 'our' blessings, my kids as 'our kids' (obviously π ), and of course my (payment) dues as 'our' payment dues but mostly, the latter becomes 'his' dues instead. π π€£π Well, he has no chance to argue with that, he said he loves me and is willing to work for everything that will make me comfortable and I stay to feel safe. So let's allow him to fulfill his destiny. ahahah Just kidding. I don't bully my husband like that. haha. I'm a very loving and caring wife. Sometimes loud but can still be tolerated. π
Going back, I can't even express how I felt that moment. I am so surprised by her words. I didn't even notice the 'great writing skills' part that much. haha. I was so focused on 'Your thinking skill is also over the mark'. Makes me feel so smart π And the validation feels really satisfying. It actually made my day even better. I was motivated so much. Wanna know a secret? I read that comment around 8 hours ago and as of now it's 8:56 am on my phone. And since then, I wasn't able to sleep. Been trying to write this article for over 2 hours now. (I edited some of my drafts first and created a new draft which I will work on after this article. That's how motivated I became haha.
I want to share everyone a story. This is a real story. I hope you all still read through. As well as to @Nasrin.adrita I hope you still continue to read. I know the article is long enough. But I still invite everyone to hear my story. π€π€
I remember one time when we were training for our 'mock call' for our 'client mock call'. We had a new campaign that time and our supervisor was training all of us including our team leader for the 'client's mock call' meaning the new client will call each of us and interview us for the new campaign and do a mock call with us which means the client will call each of us and will pretend to be a customer and we pretend like it is a real live call from a customer. The client needs to know how well we interact and how well we know how to handle such a campaign since we handled a similar campaign prior to this.
Alright so, we were training for the mock call of the mock call. (confusing haha) and one of our newly hired coworkers told me anxiously, "aaaaahhhhh lucky you, you are confident enough to speak up, you have nice pronunciation and diction, grammar is also good and you know very well how this campaign works.. This interview will be a piece of cake for you." I was shocked to know her feelings and/or impressions because I know for a fact that despite that she's newly hired, she's really smart and can deliver what she wants to point out effortlessly even though she's using basic English words. Or maybe I was shocked because I know I don't have a Native Speaker's diction or accent. Nice diction, I might sometimes have but there are moments I also fail. Grammar?? I don't know hahaha I admit I have grammatical flaws many times. Maybe she thought my grammar was perfect just because I am so familiar with the campaign and scripts that it helped me with my choices for words to use. Or maybe I am on average when it comes to grammar usage. I don't really know. Native English speakers are the ones to tell hahhaa... (Am I ready to hear what they have to say, though. Haha oh yessss I am. Chance to improve βΊ)
Oookay enough about me haha. As I was saying I was shocked because I find her really good at expressing herself in the English language and she's smart. Smart in a way that she can come up with an answer to 'general' questions you ask her. So that's already an advantage. I won't lie though, her thick accent is something she needs work on. I don't know if the accent's thick or it's too soft. But accent can be learned. She's already slowly improving. π But her wit and cleverness are definitely extraordinary. The way she thinks, how fast she can come up with an answer or an excuse to buy time to gather product information, it's unusual (in a good way) Ask her why she thinks that Readcash is essential and just give her a brief idea about what readcash is and she can come up with notions why she thinks readcash is essential to someone who loves to share thoughts and write. Ask her about her opinion in life and she can come up with various debates and discussions. Ask her about BCH (which she has no idea about) she can come up with an excuse to buy her time to research or she will make you discuss it all by yourself without even realizing you answered your question. π She's not super-duper-mega-over smart. She just knows how to come up with seamless ways to sound and look like she knows and she can really sometimes come up with amazing ideas.
So I told her, 'Gosh, did you hear what you said? haha. Aren't you the witty and clever one? Aren't you the one who thinks out of the box and still justifies it with how you rationalize everything? Tell me, Sandra (not her real name), why do you think they hired you in the first place?' And she answered immediately, as expected.. 'Well You may be right. I may be clever and witty and I can say that those are what the management also thought for hiring me. Maybe I portrayed it well during the interview. But who knows what are the real reasons why we were hired? Do you even know why? Honestly, for yourself? See how she sounds confident and tries to make the conversation interesting, how she turned the table, and how she managed to keep her cool despite the fact that she's anxious and nervous as of that moment? π Clients want that confidence. Clients want that way of talking and thinking. Clients want that alertness on how to make the conversation interesting for the customer. She's eaten my question like a desert and did the 'fake-it-till-you-make-it' attitude seamless. She is every clients' desire. And she thinks she has lots to learn and improve. That 'feeling' is what clients want. Someone clever but still willing to give room for improvement. She has no idea what she's capable of. I think she sometimes underestimates her potential.
I guess what I'm trying to point out is that you don't have to be very experienced and very good at grammar and diction/accent to be acknowledged. It would be great to be well experienced and be good at English grammar, it's an advantage. But you also need to be clever not only in the language but by the way you think. You may be very good at the English language but if you're not clever enough, you won't find the perfect words to express yourself. Not all native speakers can be great conversationalists, not all native speakers can create great content. It starts with how one thinks. (Though being familiar with the language can really be handy. It can also go a lotong way together with your thinking skill)
To make my point shorter and more straightforward (really, huh, Jdine, you can make it shorter but you chose to write a lengthy essay about this, so nice of you *sarcastic side of me*) the comment I got made me feel like I don't need to be an incredible English speaker and writer, my thinking skill is already doing its job for me. But then I realized she also said 'You are really a talented person with great writing skills...' and it made it even more flattering. For someone to know that she's talented in writing and has a terrific thinking skill is such flattery and something that makes her proud of herself. And when she's proud, she's motivated. When she's motivated, she opens rooms for improvement. And that is something she will treasure and make use of for the rest of her life. ('She' and 'her' in this part meant 'me', BTW π )
That's why I want to extend my gratitude and sincere appreciation, gratefulness, and all things similar to @Nasrin.adrita You have made me so proud of myself. You have validated my existence here at readcash (again, just like what others did) and you have made me feel really good about myself. I owe my amusement (right now) to you. ππ
For those who plan to comment spam phrases, PLEASE don't π I worked long enough to finish this article, at least give me something worth my effort. You know better than that. You can come up with better thought than that, I'm sure. If you're really decided to nullify my effort, at least make it something like "Hey Jdine, what a longggg article you wrote. I didn't read it. I got bored just looking at it and I don't think I'm willing to waste my time reading your very lengthy text. So, Adio Amiga, I will see you on your shorter post. ππ" hahhaa Or you can just move on to the next article you saw. Aside from that, you are welcome to open to give feedback and thoughts about my LONG appreciation and storytelling article. πππ€©
That would be it, for now, I'll see you all again in my next article. π Thanks for taking the time to read my article. π
~woohooo at last! It's ended!!! LoLz
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You are right, dear. I am a lady doctor from Bangladesh. In Read.cash, i always follow some users everyday.. Whenever, i open the platform, i check the notification page and ehenever i see my favourite authors then i must read their articles if their articles are too lengthy. Among my favourite users , your are the one whom every articles i always follow and never want to miss.. It is not fake appreciation.. After reading your article , i understant that you are so much caring about your every sponsors and after seeing your conscioisness and experssion of your words then i commented in your article. I am glad after seeing this article.. Thank you, dear.