Work isn't where to turn looking for appreciation

Work ain't really designed to love you back.

Let me hit you with two statistics right out of the gate here:

A 10-year study of more than 200,000 employees shows that 79% of employees who quit their jobs cite a lack of appreciation as a key reason, and according to Gallup’s 2017 “State of the American Workplace” report, only 21% agree their performance is managed in a way that motivates them to do o…