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<blockquote data-quote="Voyageur" data-source="post: 1072279" data-attributes="member: 17953"><p>I wasn't implying that the big contract will make him lose sight of the effort needed to do the job at the highest level. I mean that a hungry player who has the desire to get that big contract goes so much farther beyond the scope of preparation to get there. It's why we keep hearing the term "contract year" for so many players. Regardless of what any of us believe, the reality is that there is that driving force that comes with the knowledge that if I succeed now, the rewards are breathtaking, and I can enjoy the product of that hard work.</p><p></p><p>We all have that inside of ourselves. It's even there with most of us with our regular jobs. Let's say you work in a department within a company where they have a history of promoting from within. Let's say the manager's job pays two or three times what any of the other jobs within that department pays because that's the company's pay structure.</p><p></p><p>I assume the Manager is 69 years old and has just bought a place in Florida to spend his winters and in one year, he's going to be leaving and more than likely someone in that department is going to be promoted into his job. Let's assume that the results of the daily, weekly, and monthly work of each of the people who work there is able to be tracked, and statistics are kept showing how they compare with each other constantly. Let's also assume that the common belief in the group is that the present Manager got there by being the top man/woman in the group consistently over the comparison cycles.</p><p></p><p>Now tell me, in that environment, if you believe that you have a reasonable shot at getting that job by redoubling your effort to do a better job that you're not going to go to those lengths to give you that opportunity. Then, assuming you aren't chosen for the job, but they give you a modest raise for doing the job well, are you going to continue at that higher level or allow yourself to work at a pace that doesn't reach that level? Even the person who gets the job will ease off the throttle because it's human nature.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Voyageur, post: 1072279, member: 17953"] I wasn't implying that the big contract will make him lose sight of the effort needed to do the job at the highest level. I mean that a hungry player who has the desire to get that big contract goes so much farther beyond the scope of preparation to get there. It's why we keep hearing the term "contract year" for so many players. Regardless of what any of us believe, the reality is that there is that driving force that comes with the knowledge that if I succeed now, the rewards are breathtaking, and I can enjoy the product of that hard work. We all have that inside of ourselves. It's even there with most of us with our regular jobs. Let's say you work in a department within a company where they have a history of promoting from within. Let's say the manager's job pays two or three times what any of the other jobs within that department pays because that's the company's pay structure. I assume the Manager is 69 years old and has just bought a place in Florida to spend his winters and in one year, he's going to be leaving and more than likely someone in that department is going to be promoted into his job. Let's assume that the results of the daily, weekly, and monthly work of each of the people who work there is able to be tracked, and statistics are kept showing how they compare with each other constantly. Let's also assume that the common belief in the group is that the present Manager got there by being the top man/woman in the group consistently over the comparison cycles. Now tell me, in that environment, if you believe that you have a reasonable shot at getting that job by redoubling your effort to do a better job that you're not going to go to those lengths to give you that opportunity. Then, assuming you aren't chosen for the job, but they give you a modest raise for doing the job well, are you going to continue at that higher level or allow yourself to work at a pace that doesn't reach that level? Even the person who gets the job will ease off the throttle because it's human nature. [/QUOTE]
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