The ObservatorySeeing your own work
Much of your work is never seen. This exercise teaches you to see it yourself — and pass the attention on.
How it works
- The unseen workList
- Give it a wordWrite
- Pass the attention onWrite
The best work is often invisible: the problem that never arose because you anticipated it, the colleague who could carry on because you listened, the order that is simply there. No one thanks you for the invisible — not …
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Why does it work?
Perceived appreciation at work is associated with lower exhaustion and higher job satisfaction (review: Fehr et al. 2017), and expressed appreciation measurably strengthens relationships (Algoe 2012). Systematically noting one's own progress has close support in research on small wins as the strongest motivator at work (Amabile & Kramer 2011).
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