I would not do the work with utmost honesty if the recognition was removed from it.

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Sneha, you didn't soften it or dress it up, you just said it as it stood. That's exactly the kind of seeing this post was asking for, the kind most people avoid giving even to themselves. Now the real question opens up right where you stopped: what is it that recognition gives you which the work itself doesn't? Sit with that one, it's worth more than the honest answer you just gave.