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		nordsieck on Dec 26, 2013 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: The 7 Habits of Highly Overrated People In my experience, productive people don't need an incentive to be productive - they like work. They just need people to get out of their way.

a3voices on Dec 26, 2013 [–]

Well that's certainly true, but for the other side of the bell curve I think the environment makes a difference.

trustfundbaby on Dec 26, 2013 | [–]

I have to agree with you on this. The places I've seen people like this thrive are big-company-cya-all-the-time kinds of setups.

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