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VER-XIII-0034

“The recognition I wanted finally came and I don't want it to go to my head.”

VER · Pillar V — Verity VER-XIII · The World Engineers Your Comfort. Master It Anyway.

Praise is a current, and it pulls — toward performing for more of it, toward becoming the image instead of the person. The recognition is real and earned. The trap is letting the world's approval quietly take the wheel. Master the moment by staying the one who does the work.

Your Practice

  1. Write what the work meant to you before anyone was watching. Reread it.
  2. Thank the people who built it with you, by name, in private.
  3. Keep doing the unglamorous part of the craft this week, recognition or not.
  4. When the next bit of applause comes, notice the pull, then set it down and get back to work.

The Architects

“All that glisters is not gold.”

— William Shakespeare, The Merchant of Venice, Act II, Scene 7

More under VER-XIII

VER-XIII-0001“I feel like I'm being manipulated by social media but I can't stop scrolling.”VER-XIII-0002“My kids know more about technology than I do.”VER-XIII-0003“I finally understood how the algorithm was manipulating me.”VER-XIII-0004“I deleted social media and my mind is clearer than it's been in years.”VER-XIII-0005“My teenager is addicted to their phone and I don't know how to help.”VER-XIII-0006“I realized I was letting technology make decisions for me.”
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