Weight Weight Just Love Me – Currency – Day 32
Just like the beauty of this scene existed whether I captured the picture or not, love is ever present whether I notice it or not. Love is not a currency that only exists when exchanged.
Michelle LaBrosse, CCPM, PMP, PMI-ACP, RYT
I was reading an article yesterday that introduces a concept I had never considered before – that of affirmation currency and ego economics. The premise is that we exchange sentiments of affirming other’s good in some type of quid pro quo as a way of getting our own egos stroked back in similar ways.
Of course I evaluated this for relevance of my behavior and intentions. Over a decade ago I created a program in Cheetah Learning we call “atta cheetah,” where people who work within the company can give their colleagues attitude of gratitude points for doing something they appreciated. Over time we had to create some rules for it as it was tied to a monetary reward for the points earned. The system that has now been in place for the past ten years is you can only extend 200 points per day to any one person. Everyone starts with 2000 points to use per month. If you use your alloted points, we increase your points. When the company achieves its revenue performance goal, at the end of the month $5000 is distributed to the staff based on their percentage of Cheetah points earned. What we have noticed is the more Cheetah points someone gives, the more they get. So even though I bristled a bit at the idea of ego economics and affirmation currency, here in play with a system I created is validation of this very concept.
I got to wondering do I have a love myself more currency – so when I’m exhibiting the behaviors I believe bring me in line with being “better,” I’m more loving to myself?
