Appreciation always plays a very important and prominent role in our daily lives. Many people hesitate to appreciate others’ good work, thinking that if they do so, they lose their dignity and their level.
 
Even in the work place, appreciation plays a very important role. Especially higher-ups should appreciate the good work done by lower staff or subordinates. In fact, appreciation is the only timely reward that one can expect from higher-ups.

But, it is very sad to see that some people at higher level will have a tendency to feel that, if they appreciate the work done by lower level, their dignity and their level will come down. They also have a feeling that if they (higher ups) appreciate now, subordinates may not perform well next time, etc. But these are false assumptions and one should not have such feelings in mind.

But it is true that if you appreciate your subordinates’ work candidly, they will develop more respect and regard towards you (higher level officials). Subordinates will like you and listen to you with great interest and sincerity.

Creates good rapport

In this way, appreciation will go a long way in establishing good understanding and relationship between the higher ups and subordinates. If you appreciate others’ good work whole-heartedly, you feel happy to express your desire so frankly.

In such circumstances, your mind and heart will be expanded and elated because you like the other person candidly by praising him.  By appreciating others, you will increase your relationship with others.

If you appreciate a person means you are happy with others performance and you would like to share your joy and happiness with others wholeheartedly. This broadmindedness will go a long way in making more contacts, companions and comrades further. But at the same time, you should not appreciate others when they are doing wrong acts. In fact, you should condemn them immediately so that he or she should get reformed themselves then and there.

Condemn wrong acts

A person with ego will never appreciate others. He always thinks that, whatever he says is right and whatever he does is correct. His ego will not permit him to appreciate others’ efforts. As such, he cannot enlarge his contacts or companions around him.

A person with ego hesitates to enjoy happiness with others. In the same way, a person with jealous nature will also never appreciate others. Infact he always criticises others’ work. That is the reason why, a person with ego and jealous character, will hardly mix and mingle with others since they cannot enjoy others’ work and progress.

People with ego and or jealous nature will have less number of friends since they cannot enjoy the company of others with free mind.

Learn to praise God

Even one should learn to praise the Lord (Almighty) for all the wonderful things that he has bestowed on us to lead a happy and peaceful life. But most of the people are in the habit of acquiring more and more, without enjoying what God has given them. Most of the modern people are so busy in their work that they hardly find or spare some time to pray and praise the Lord to show their gratitude.

In fact, we all should thank the Almighty for having given good health to work, good parents to guide us, good teachers to teach us and good atmosphere to live in.

We should always see people who are less fortunate than us without having even basic needs. In that way, we should be thankful to God for providing all things to lead a comfortable life.

It is also important to learn that one should appreciate the work done by one’s wife at home since she takes enormous amount of effort and time to get things ready for others’ sake in the family. If you appreciate your wife’s efforts, she will be delighted to do more work with lot of love and affection.

Gives motivation

All efforts and difficulties that she had put in to complete the task will get over by your genuine appreciation. She also feels happy because her efforts are rewarded by your appreciation. She is in fact motivated to do more work and she is also ready to sacrifice her time and energy for your sake.

Your understanding and relationship with your wife will also be strengthened further. Your wife will go all out to do anything for you if you appreciate her work.

But it is pity that most of the people will hardly appreciate the work done by their wives. They presume that if they appreciate their level and dignity will come down.

This assumption is completely a wrong notion indeed. But people are ready to criticise even a small mistake done by their wives. Before criticising, please remember the hard work and labour that your wife had put in that particular work is no small measure indeed. Learn to appreciate her labour.

Ignore the mistake done by her inadvertently. So that she will repent herself for the mistake done by her later. In the same way, learn to appreciate the good work done by your children at home.

Some time they may not score good marks in the examinations as you expected, but still appreciate his or her efforts and hard work, and encourage them to do better in the coming examinations. Praise their potential and stimulate them to read more in future. Your appreciation and encouragement will definitely give them a big boost to take the task more strongly in future.

The writer is with National Institute of Advanced Studies and can be reached at adevaraju@gmail.com