Are you making yourself SMALL? Knock it off NOW.
Are you making yourself small? Knock it off. NOW. It is a wonderful thing to be able to look at yourself and have a good laugh. Just don’t do it professionally. Sadly, self-deprecation screams that you are a) insecure and/or b) not up to the job. We often do it because we are insecure, but just it is often done as a way of “proving” that you aren’t arrogant or too big for your britches. Subconsciously, you are making yourself seem just a bit more human, but it is actually making you smaller and less effective. This gets all tangled […]