Being not appreciated is not your problem unless you buy into someone else’s lack of recognition of what you are about.

Relying on others to validate you is a dangerous path.

A more productive one is to view yourself in two ways – what you are accomplishing, the goals you’re meeting, the things you are doing to succeed and to not confuse criticism with getting better.

There is no positive use of criticism and never has been – it can scare, force compliance but it never makes a person better.

Appreciation starts with you – looking for it elsewhere is to invite trouble.