This has come up again for me recently. I don’t know about you, but being acknowledged for the obvious (things I said I would do or was asked to do) means very little. A simple thank you is sufficient. I wouldn’t even use the word “acknowledgment”. However, the best acknowledgment you can receive is for the subtle things, perhaps even something you didn’t know about yourself. I’m still not good at accepting compliments, particularly when I know whatever I did could have been done better or with less complaining. Acknowledgment goes beyond compliments.

Here’s the last post on this topic with a video.