Motivation helps.

I constantly go back to one day in my head.
One day.
One day when I think about sitting in a room of adults who's jobs are to supervise students.
A room of hall directors.
And I think about how much motivation does for me.

I think about how much motivation from people other than me gets me going. Gets me happy. Gets me
Well.
Motivated

It's always entertaining to sit back, think, and reflect on what makes working on something easier, quicker, and better. I always sit back and look at columns, blog posts, websites that I've left or stopped working on because of the fact either I wasn't motivated or the people that I was working with hadn't motivated me.

I never saw myself as someone that needed to be told "Good job." I never thought of myself as someone who sat by as I hit enter and watch and hope a lot of people take the time to read the 500-1000 words I spew out occasionally. I never thought I would wait as I prepared a guest to come speak at a meeting, to get an email from my supervisor telling me "good job."

But then I reflected and I saw that I do benefit, like many people (including you) from some sort of recognition of how something was done. Either taking the time to finish writing, designing a poster, or whatever. Having someone else tell you good job can sometimes make that uneasy feeling of not knowing if what you are working on is really worth it, worth it.

So let me leave you this. If you run a group. If you run a website, if you run a staff, a group of leaders, or anything. If you work with others or lead them, encourage them. Tell them good job. Tell them thank you for their headwork. Because ultimately, that could be the big thing that helps them decide whether or not they really want to stay or not.

- Cookie