#8 Overhearing Praise About Yourself.

We all get the feeling we’re not appreciated enough. Sometimes our hard work goes unnoticed and we just want to give up. But we get on with it. Sometimes, as we muddle on with our work, we overhear our name. Somebody is talking about you, and its human nature for the ears to prick up and the senses to hone in on this now-relevant conversation. Be it a boss to a college, a client to a boss or just someone passing someone else, hearing praise about yourself has to be up there in the top ten ways to feel good. Its always good to know that you’ve done your work well, but when that little bit of extra effort you made has actually been noticed, I defy anyone not to smile and feel the need to walk that little bit taller for the rest of the day.

Smug cat is smug.