In an attempt to motivate employees, managers commonly use excessive praise. Everything is supposed to be a good job or great or super! This is part of the fake happiness phenomenon that has taken hold in the U.S. Some praise is fine when personnel do something really impressive. However, praise is used so much that it actually leads to people who cannot be motivated without it... Praise Junkies!
 
Praise Junkies get hooked early in life, with the assistance of parents and relatives who praise much of what the child does. Soon, rather than exploring for the pleasure of learning or understanding the world around them, which they would normally do automatically, the child looks to Mommy and Daddy for praise. Some of this is fine, but must parents over-praise to the point that the child loses his or her natural motivation to explore and learn!  Instead, they do things to get praise