We don’t always get praise for doing what we’re supposed to do. And that’s OK.

Because to laud adequacy is to defund the spirit of innovation.

Celebrating responsibility is positive reinforcement for small children. But we’re not small children, and we’re not bare-minimum people.

We’re let’s-do-better people. We’re above-and-beyond people.

We don’t need acknowledgement for just showing up. We show up because we’re supposed to show up. For us, it’s what we do after we show up that matters.