Aha! Finally, a perfect spiritual complement to the Gervais principle: https://www.ribbonfarm.com/2009/10/07/the-gervais-principle-or-the-office-according-to-t

Aha! Finally, a perfect spiritual complement to the Gervais principle: https://www.ribbonfarm.com/2009/10/07/the-gervais-principle-or-the-office-according-to-the-office/ https://www.ribbonfarm.com/2009/10/07/the-gervais-principle-... According to Rao, every company survives by blending some combination of the following populations, varying by stage of lifecycle: - Sociopath = people who know the game and play it to win - Clueless = people who buy and spread the story the company is selling - Loser = people who accept the wage bargain, generally exchanging low devotion for minimal advancement This maps nicely to OP's quadrants: - Sociopath = grinder-grifter - Clueless = grinder-believer - Loser = coaster-grifter - (Coaster-believers get fired.)