Do you show appreciation for good work?

I have always believed in giving credit where it is due for anything, maybe because I guess I was never good enough at anything to get much credit myself, and I guess when I was young could have done with a little more encouragement which getting credit does , everyone is encouraged by good feedback.

I try to always appreciate talent, or just someone who tries hard. It is important to always recognize people because without encouragement people often give up.

Yes, always does.. Because I learned that appreciating a person makes him improve his performance.. and increase the persons self-esteem. But the more you put a person down because of his performance, the more that his self-esteem lowers and the more that he will do worse in a given task (because of low self-esteem)

Affirmation is critical to a person's self esteem. I use every opportunity I can get to let people know they are doing a great job--even if I am exaggerating. It is a difficult life, being talented. I have known some young men with extraordinary musical talent. Yet, they have gotten no place on the music scene. Maybe if more people had told them how good they were, they would have stuck it out.

Hello Pushhyarag2000, Appreciation is what everyone is required for his/her talent/good work to keep him/her motivated.Yes i always appreciate when someone does something good. Some people really don't like to appreciate others as they don't like it and have some ego issues in themselves but they are wrong in thinking so. I appreciate others and sometime i also need appreciation to keep me motivated and i have personally felt it if someone praise for my work i try to put more efforts in future.

It is important to give credit to those people who are talented, or to those who had done a wonderful job, so they will keep doing better. It is also important to appreciate littlest things even if its not perfect or has little flaws because this makes people to strive and work harder because he/she is appreciated because of his/her efforts. That's why I always make it a point to give credit to my colleagues for a job well done. And even if it doesn't turn out the way we wanted it to be, I always give them positive thoughts so that next time everything will fall into place.

Appreciation is a way in which leaders emerge. Only a person who can appreciate learns to grow. That is because to appreciate a person has to know the rights and wrongs and should be able to judge and weigh moral and ethical aspects of work. Most of the time people look for appreciation without actually doing anything. Although sometimes it can be taken for a fact that appreciation for any effort done is valid, appreciation should be used to give a person hope rather than using it as a carrot on a stick to make them work. When I used to work as a teacher in a school, I learned this the hard way. I thought that appreciation would make the students work better and used it as a tool. But I noticed that most of them wanted appreciation for the same work that they were supposed to do and my appreciation for that work made them feel that they were doing their best. I guess I wont be doing that any longer but yes appreciation is very important. It makes the other person feel important and they would surely try their best to add to the work if they are praised. bourne

Hmm, If someone truly done something great, and I would most likely tell him/her has done a good job. Sometimes, people like to hear those appreciative words instead of financial reward. I would like those appreciative words too. But as in fact, I am more into financial rewards in reality.

I appreciate the good work of others. at the same time I also expect appreciation from others when I do a good job. When that is not forthcoming I use to get dejected. Happy to note you encouraged an artist in your blog. Even our spouse requires appreciations.