The best manager I ever had motivated me by giving me the freedom to be me while still making sure that we had plenty of conversations around how that me could become better. The criticisms that I would receive were never negative. Everything was always in the hopes that, you know, I could take the criticism and grow and become a better person, a better employee for it, is very good at, you know, mixing in just enough praise to keep one, you know, happy, but also enough learning opportunities to grow and to develop as a person.