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To: energyplay who wrote (22974)	3/31/2005 2:39:43 PM
From: kodiak_bull	Respond to of 23153

Ep, Overwork, imbalance, lack of values, loss of center--these are not the hallmarks of a true champion, or a truly passionate individual. These are signs of megalomania, insecurity, poor self image, poor judgment, the "need-fear" dilemma (pre-cursor to schizophrenia). I think Tiger Woods and Andre Agassi (and not John Daly or the aussie twit, Leyton Hewitt) personify the championship qualities that we find everywhere in business, law, medicine. In my days on Wall Street, though, in high pressure environments I did see a number of people lose their way. It wasn't because they were too passionate and too grateful and respectful of what they were doing, it was because they weren't passionate and grateful enough--deep inside they knew they were frauds and would be found out, therefore they had to get to work earlier, work later and engage in all sorts of negative karmic activities to give them the "edge." It was always a short-lived edge, in my experience. Kb

To: energyplay who wrote (22974)	4/1/2005 9:20:47 PM
From: chowder	Respond to of 23153

EP, I know in my early days of sales, I worked 6 days a week, 10-12 hours per day and on Sunday I was studying sales material. I didn't even have time to enjoy the ballgames on the weekend. My workload was the result of me lacking confidence in my abilities to perform. It eventually burned me out. I always thought hard work would equate to success. I was wrong. Working smart is what equates to success. When other salesmen would have a bad week, their salesmanagers would make them work Saturday. If they didn't have a good Saturday, and who would when you are forced to do something, it would bring them down further emotionally. It took me several years to learn the concept of working smart. I developed the attitude that when it's time to work, work hard. When it's time to play, play hard. I learned to manage time. As a salesmanager, I taught my salespeople to do the job in 4 days and take some time off. When a salesman was having a bad week, I told him to stop working and get some rest. Take some time off and come back Monday refreshed and ready to work. I wouldn't allow salespeople to work 6 days unless they were going for a sales record. This commitment to time management is what led my team to establish sales record after sales record. I learned that when you place a time limit as an objective to help you achieve your goals, you actually establish an urgency factor that causes you to come up with a plan to establish the goal, in the amount of time you alloted. You become more focused. It's the amount of time where you are focused that helps you become successful, not the amount of hours you put in. I never could stay focused for a 60, 70 or 80 hour week. In that situation, you're just doing your time. You might survive but you won't excel. dabum