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Re:Why Team Happiness Can Be the Wrong Thing to Aim for [video] by stdbrouw on Saturday June 18, 2016 @05:31AM (#11927735)
> I think the way to get the best out of people is not to pander to them to make them the happiest people but to expect high standards from them, to expect everyone to give their best, work well and hard and be proud of what they do.

This is an impossible demand masquerading as common sense. Nobody can be at peak performance all the time, and a sane work environment shouldn't expect you to.

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Re:Why Team Happiness Can Be the Wrong Thing to Aim for [video] by mtreis86 on Saturday June 18, 2016 @07:10AM (#11927972)
I think "give their best" is an entirely relative term. The best today may far exceed best tomorrow if you rate the effort based on work accomplished or effort given. But if you are rating both of those days purely on 'the best you could do given circumstances' then there is no peak performance persay.
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