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In article <1993Jan20.233815.32417@watson.ibm.com> mittle@watson.ibm.com (Josh Mittleman) writes:
>
>That's one way to think about it, but it makes me cringe.  In my mind, one
>of the first qualifications of any peer is understanding herself.  If you
>don't know your own strengths and limitations, how can you possibly advise
>the Crown on other people's?  If a new peer has no idea that she is ready to
>be a peer, then she has no understanding of the nature of her new estate; I
>think that means that she isn't ready for peerage.
>

I think that this process of understanding has several stages:

1) Working hard "for the award".
2) Sulking because you didn't get the award after you thought you did
enough work.
3) Realizing that you enjoy what you were doing to get the award for its
own sake, and that awards are silly. (Or, realizing that all you wanted
was the award, and the work isn't worth it.)
4) Working hard "for the fun of it"
5) Getting the award after you had forgotten you ever wanted it at all.

At least, this is the way I've seen it work. Most people with the
"Laurel wanna-be" syndrome either quit or mellow out at stage 2. As a
not-gonna-be-a-peer with Peer friends, I have noticed that the Laurels
only start noticing candidates at stage 4 after they've mellowed a lot,
and have REALLY learned their art (or for Pelicans really worked their
butts off).

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