Long time ago, early 90's, i was working for GA training company as a fitter. One of my duties was perform some company internal flights like ferry aircrafts to another airfield for bigger maint etc etc. (not payed for that, but got free hours)
On that time owner was expanding his fleet and i was assigned to collect one C172 from another nearby airfield. (it came from USA in container and assembled on another company)
As said, i was young and fresh pilot. On that flight i loose COM, can TX but not receive.
Remember what was told during training, and finally did my smooth join to home airfield quite busy circuit. After landing, and during circuit TWR guides me with signal lights.
Everything went ok and after landing guy from ATC came to me and said: well done boy, everything went like book says.
And that ATC guy was known to be very strict, not nasty, but very strict.
I felt very good after that, not because success but knowing there is professional people behind microphone.