Imagine you’ve decided to make a big, delicious pot of soup. You decide on the type, what flavors you want the soup to have, and what you’ll need to make it just the way you like it. You go to the store with your recipe in hand and pick the…

The human brain craves recognition, it thrives on it. When we receive recognition, it stimulates the hypothalamus (the part of our brain that controls our metabolism and stress levels) and increases dopamine production (the chemical that causes happiness) to improve the quality of our work and our productivity. …