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LemOn[5thF] Czech Republic. Jul 10 2012 20:37. Posts 15163 | | |
This never occured to me. . .Be it in poker, as a goalkeeper, admin,baker or in my academic career I always was motivated by things I do for myself... and it was never strong enough.
It's impossible to do in poker, no teams, you play against others, it's a zero sum game. . .
But it occured to me now. I am in direct sales. My manager is the best one I ever had. He's 32 and has been in the business for 12 odd years, he never stopped believing in me and no matter how shit my results are he always reminds me of the positives in me and really gets the best out of me. But he had a bad streak of luck, where his recruits were lazy, left early or his whole division of products got scrapped and he had to start from the bottom again completely.
He's got very refined monetary goals, where I just don't give a fuck because of poker thought me. . . money doesn't matter it's just a number, it's the happiness and self respect/self esteem that is the only commodity worth pursuing, I'm very detached from the real world value of it. But that left me without a strong motivator in a job where everyone is driven by money and everybody's goal is to have a 20 strong office and make $10k per week and so today when I got pissed with some of the veterans it hit me. . .if I can't find my own goals I just make one to selflessly help my manager to get where he wants to be. I will do my best in terms of my results and motivate the lazy fuckers in his team including myself because that's one thing I believe I am a bit better positioned to do that he is because he is always so nice to everyone.
Just imagine it . . . you work 100% to help the person that supported you in the bad times and put time and money into you and got you to where you are, and as a side effect you get both awesome money but also a truckload of motivation you just can't generate yourself for your own goals. It's that element I miss in poker a bit but that seems to be so obvious in a team environment with a person I respect that became my friend
What do you thing guys?
/drunken rant over
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RaiNKhAN  United States. Jul 11 2012 03:55. Posts 4080 | | | |
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Achoo Canada. Jul 11 2012 04:40. Posts 1454 | | |
Seems like you had a gay crush dude ... |
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SeanBam . Jul 11 2012 10:28. Posts 953 | | |
I hear what you're saying. And I do believe it is noble of you. However, when it comes to these kind of things you should just do whatever makes you happy. If working hard there does not make you happy then really don't do it, especially if you have other options. Your boss sounds like a great guy, but how will he ever learn to manage/motivate if someone steps in and does it for him? If it makes you intrinsically happy you may have a valid point. But if you're just doing it to be nice and it will make you unhappy working there still, but feel prideful that you helped another person out I don't believe in sacrificing one's self in these situations. |
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thrust123 France. Jul 12 2012 17:35. Posts 346 | | |
i don't see why that wouldn't work with poker (training group) |
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