> Whatever the situation, whatever the company, you should show up with your very best. Not for them, but for you. i cannot stress this enough. Case in point:

> Whatever the situation, whatever the company, you should show up with your very best. Not for them, but for you. i cannot stress this enough. Case in point: after having been a moderately successful I.T. Guy my whole life, i was knocked out of the industry by a severe case of chronic RSI and found myself, a couple of years ago, delivering newspapers between one and three in the morning, six days a week, to earn some extra money. i found myself thinking, "you know, this may be minimum-wage menial labor, but if i don't give it my best effort then i'm just being an arrogant (expletive)." To be clear, i had to keep _actively reminding myself_ of that (because it _was_ brain-dead, low-paying work, which can easily become demoralizing for someone used to earning well by typing), but if someone's paying me to do a job, and i've accepted the terms of that job, then it's up to me to make an honest best effort.