Definitly pride. Pride in knowing you did the best job you can do, even in, and especially in, cases where you get no recognition and perhaps no one even knows.

Definitly pride. Pride in knowing you did the best job you can do, even in, and especially in, cases where you get no recognition and perhaps no one even knows. Our work ethic is on show not when we only ask "what is in this for me?" It's on show when we do a meaningless task well, when we make a quiet improvement that goes unnoticed - when we don't seek credit for every single action. If you have personal pride in what you do, and even though much of what you do is not seen, it flows through to what is seen. It manifests in things like being on time for meetings - helping to set up or clean up - being generous giving credit to others, and generous taking blame and admiting to mistakes. Ironically people quietly notice these character attributes, and they want to work with you. Your stature grows and "fame and fortune" follow. Not because you sought those out but because you didn't. Pride in yourself also tells you when you are in a toxic environment, and when it's time to move on because all those around you have none.