Never stop doing your best just because someone doesn’t give you credit.
Working hard and busting your ass day in and day out is all you need. You don’t need a manager or a boss to tell you, “Hey, Great job Joey!” When you work hard and pay critical attention to detail, you start to develop important habits. Very important habits. Habits that make you work hard doing whatever it is you do. If you’re working at McDonalds and you’re cooking french fries, make sure you cook those mother fucking fries the best way you can. If you’re a Vice President of a bank, make sure you work to be the best VP you can.
Is it nice to get a pat on the back every once in awhile? Sure it is. But you’re not working for people to praise you. You’re working for you to better yourself. If you complain or bitch and whine that you didn’t get praise for the project you just finished, who gives a shit. People see the results. If it’s good, people will recognize you. Without a doubt they will. All you need to do is look in the mirror before you go to bed and tell yourself you worked your ass off today and pat your own self on the back. You know why? Because you got better today.