Is the desire to be appreciated important?

Tweet

“Everbody likes a compliment!” -Lincoln “The deepest principle in human nature is the craving to be appreciated.” -William James Are you well appreciated by the people you wish to give it to you? I believe that almost basic needs can be gratified like food, health, shelter, sexual needs and even money but it seems that the least gratified need of a human being is the “desire to be appreciated.” I consider this very important. The only thing you can make people do what you want is by making them want to do it. People sometimes become invalid in order to win sympathy and attention and get a feeling of importance. When you make people feel important, it is easier for you to ask them to do what you want. The importance of being appreciated is significant that even the authorities believed that this need once not met can drive people insane. This is an honest and sincere appreciation we are dealing with in the real world. The difference between appreciation and flattery is that the one is admired while the other is condemned. Give honest and sincere appreciation.