This is Steveer Robbins.

Welcome to the Get It Done Guys, quick and dirty tips to work less and do more.

Today we're going to learn how to show appreciation at work and love at home.

You know, thank you gifts, employee recognition, stuff like that.

Only we're going to take a systematic, psychological approach.

Oh boy, love. I just love, love. Actually? Well, no, I don't always. It's supposed to be

all Disney and fairy tales with lots of staring into each other's eyes, glittery sparkles and

animated woodland creatures hanging around. But in real life, relationships are a ton of work, and that's the

good ones. The great thing about loving someone or liking them is that doing stuff for them

actually feels good. For example, we might clean our entire apartment for our Schmupi. We put

everything in its place. We dust, we vacuum. All so Shmoo-Pee will feel wonderful tonight.

Then Shmoo-Pie comes home, takes one look at the fantastically clean apartment, and rewards

all our hard work.

How?

Well, not by changing out of work clothes into saran wrap.

No.

Shmoo-Py plops down in a chair and says, What a day. Will you make dinner tonight? I'm pooped.

This is where the ton of work part begins.

We have to remind ourselves that we love Shmupy,

even if Shmupy is an oblivious cloud who wouldn't notice how much we do for them in a million years.

We love Shmupy anyway.

So we grit our teeth and pretend everything is fine, so Shmoopee will feel good no matter

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