http://www.stevepavlina.com/blog/2006/03/silent-approval/ Personal Development for Smart People Fri, 16 May 2008 04:04:41 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5 http://www.stevepavlina.com/blog/2006/03/silent-approval/#comment-11080 Diane-d: Ideas, Mistakes » Blog Archive » My Problem? Silent Approval. Thu, 27 Apr 2006 15:29:07 +0000 http://www.stevepavlina.com/blog/2006/03/silent-approval/#comment-11080 [...] I was reading my set of feeds when I catched Steve Pavlina’s article on Silent Approval. I then realized that I could relate to that. [...] […] I was reading my set of feeds when I catched Steve Pavlina’s article on Silent Approval. I then realized that I could relate to that. […]

]]> http://www.stevepavlina.com/blog/2006/03/silent-approval/#comment-10841 Bernie’s ramblings… - Thoughts of a self-proclaimed software engineer and gadget geek » Good article about project estimation problems from Javaworld Thu, 06 Apr 2006 10:11:00 +0000 http://www.stevepavlina.com/blog/2006/03/silent-approval/#comment-10841 [...] You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. You can leave a response, or trackback from your own site. Leave a Reply Protected by the abundant Hash-cash. Pleaseenable javascript and reload this page to add your comment. [...] […] You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. You can leave a response, or trackback from your own site. Leave a Reply Protected by the abundant Hash-cash. Pleaseenable javascript and reload this page to add your comment. […]

]]> http://www.stevepavlina.com/blog/2006/03/silent-approval/#comment-10822 Matt Inglot » Blog Archive » Silent Approval and Fixing the Obviously Wrong Fri, 31 Mar 2006 18:58:27 +0000 http://www.stevepavlina.com/blog/2006/03/silent-approval/#comment-10822 [...] Meanwhile Steve Pavlina points out the dangers of Silent Approval. This is the idea that you notice someone, particularly an underling, participating in an undesired behavior and not taking action. Your silence reinforces this behavior. As Steve’s blog is about personal development and not managerial practices, it’s no surprise that he turns this concept around to point at your own life. To quote: “Perhaps your relationship situation isn’t what you want it to be.  Maybe your career is a total shipwreck.  When you use silent approval on yourself, you tell your subconscious that your current standards of performance are acceptable.” [...] […] Meanwhile Steve Pavlina points out the dangers of Silent Approval. This is the idea that you notice someone, particularly an underling, participating in an undesired behavior and not taking action. Your silence reinforces this behavior. As Steve’s blog is about personal development and not managerial practices, it’s no surprise that he turns this concept around to point at your own life. To quote: “Perhaps your relationship situation isn’t what you want it to be.  Maybe your career is a total shipwreck.  When you use silent approval on yourself, you tell your subconscious that your current standards of performance are acceptable.” […]

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