Ahhh.. one of my favorite films..."Badges? We ain't got no badges. We don't need no badges. I don't have to show you any stinkin' badges! ------Gold Hat
Can't help but wonder what's curious about that. It might strike some as unfortunate, but I don't understand why very many people would spend a bunch of time trying to figure out why it's the case."Curious that we spend more time congratulating people who have succeeded than encouraging people who have not."
— Neil deGrasse Tyson
Actually, at my work environment, i see people being patted on the back constantly for having done very little and for taking credit for someone elses work because they are good at promoting themselves. 6 years in I am afraid it is starting to get to me.Can't help but wonder what's curious about that. It might strike some as unfortunate, but I don't understand why very many people would spend a bunch of time trying to figure out why it's the case.
I also can't help but wonder to what degree it even IS the case. I know that I spend far more time encouraging people (not just students) that have not succeeded and are still struggling with whatever then I spend patting people on the back that have.
I think it's a false impression because the news and entertainment media spend a highly disproportionate time covering people that have succeeded in a narrow range of pet areas -- sports and entertainment being tops on the list -- than the far more common case instances of people being encouraged along their ongoing endeavors. Again, not suprising -- but we also have to realize that "the common case" seldom gets any kind of coverage for the very reason that it IS the common case.
I'd say that's a different problem -- but I'll certainly agree it is a problem in many places. Two problems really.Actually, at my work environment, i see people being patted on the back constantly for having done very little and for taking credit for someone elses work because they are good at promoting themselves. 6 years in I am afraid it is starting to get to me.
by Duane Benson
by Duane Benson
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