My need to be acknowledged as good

I once had a drama teacher that I hounded to continue to heap praise on me, after she gave me an "A" on a paper I wrote about Athena or Clytemnestra..... or some greek heroine,  .  One day she finally caved and in an air of beat down frustration and boredom  said "yes Jody, your a good actress".
That was 20 years ago and not much has changed.   I still look for those nuggets of praise.  It's who I am.

I need that affirmation of a job well done.  I do not wait for said praise when I know I have done a terrible or even mediocre job.   This is what makes me o.k. with it all.  I'm just an eager beaver.