Awards for participation have a very important role in encouraging, um, partcipation. It make kids happy, no one is hurt by it, and winners always get something extra. Winning is nice but not the Holy Grail.
Perhaps you have been watching too much "Survivorman" or "Man vs. Wild."
Never seen them ... but watching a lot of people getting crushed in the real world by real competition in practically all facets of their lives -- most notably their professional lives these days with increasing global competition. In my business, winning pretty much is the only thing not just "nice" -- if we don't win the next customer engagement and the next one and the next one, people lose jobs, livelihoods, etc.
The sooner we teach our kids that they're competing in all aspects of their lives, the better off they'll be.
This article seems to encourage "giving up" at a comparatively youthful 50. I just don't subscribe to rolling over so young.
Awards for participation have a very important role in encouraging, um, partcipation. It make kids happy, no one is hurt by it, and winners always get something extra. Winning is nice but not the Holy Grail.
Perhaps you have been watching too much "Survivorman" or "Man vs. Wild."
Never seen them ... but watching a lot of people getting crushed in the real world by real competition in practically all facets of their lives -- most notably their professional lives these days with increasing global competition. In my business, winning pretty much is the only thing not just "nice" -- if we don't win the next customer engagement and the next one and the next one, people lose jobs, livelihoods, etc.
The sooner we teach our kids that they're competing in all aspects of their lives, the better off they'll be.
This article seems to encourage "giving up" at a comparatively youthful 50. I just don't subscribe to rolling over so young.
