Ah, no recognition, if that is known up front, would you take up any task, no commendation, no encouragement, no nothing. Would you then complete a task and simply move on? You do it because it had to be done and you could so you did, instead of lingering around for applause, you take on the next assignment. We have been conditioned to do things and seek others approval for that pat on the back and sometimes a certificate. What if none was promised? Would you still do it? An entrepreneur would not think twice. An outlier would do it a tad differently when good work is done consistently, whatever name and fame and fortune will come searching for the doer in.