{"id":1096,"date":"2023-02-07T06:56:31","date_gmt":"2023-02-07T10:56:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/parmaks.com\/Resources\/what-if-everyone-did-the-bare-minimum-frank-sonnenberg\/"},"modified":"2023-02-07T06:56:31","modified_gmt":"2023-02-07T10:56:31","slug":"what-if-everyone-did-the-bare-minimum-frank-sonnenberg","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/parmaks.com\/Resources\/what-if-everyone-did-the-bare-minimum-frank-sonnenberg\/","title":{"rendered":"What If Everyone Did the Bare Minimum? \u2014 Frank Sonnenberg"},"content":{"rendered":"

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What would happen if everyone did the bare minimum? Essentially, you wouldn\u2019t have to work hard, and you\u2019d live a pressure-free life. On the other hand, you\u2019d have food served to you on dirty plates, salesclerks who\u2019d gossip with coworkers rather than help you, and people who\u2019d show up late to appointments. That is, if they showed up at all. (Ugh.)<\/p>\n

To make matters worse, if you asked someone to do a little extra, they\u2019d act like you\u2019re crazy or complain that you\u2019re asking too much of them. Even more, if someone decided to go the extra mile, they\u2019d be ostracized by their colleagues for making them look bad. In essence, mediocrity<\/a> would become the norm and people who tried their best would be viewed as an abnormality.<\/p>\n

You see, it\u2019s one thing if a single person is apathetic<\/a>, careless, or lazy and quite another if you have a culture of mediocrity<\/a>.<\/p>\n

This chain of events could happen if there were no consequences for slacking off. In fact, this do-nothing attitude would spread like wildfire. After all, why would you bend over backward if everyone did the bare minimum?<\/p>\n

When you tolerate mediocrity, you get more of it.<\/p>\n

A Race to the Bottom<\/h3>\n

If this scenario ever came to pass, the term \u201cwork ethic\u201d would be cancelled and parents would stop telling kids to try their best, because fair-to-average would be good enough for them. Stay in shape? Why bother. Eat the right foods? Who cares. Do well in school? Why even go. You\u2019d be able to do next to nothing at work and do so with impunity. In fact, you\u2019d fit right in. Furthermore, bankruptcy would become the hottest industry in the country, and the do-it-yourself (DIY) market would explode because you\u2019d be hard-pressed to find anyone to do the job right.<\/p>\n

Doing the bare minimum is not<\/em> in your best interests. Here\u2019s why:<\/p>\n