Celebrate the small improvement someone worked hard enough to notice.

Progress that nobody else can see is the hardest kind to keep going. Someone who has shifted a habit slightly, or done one difficult thing they used to avoid, is often the only witness to it, and the gap between the effort spent and the attention received is where people quietly give up. A small change becomes real once someone else has seen it.

If you have noticed someone doing better at something, say it plainly and specifically. Name what you saw rather than offering general praise. Do not attach a suggestion for the next step, and let the improvement be enough on its own for today.