Professionalism

[Scrapper1]

Originally Posted by zebraman

The truth is that none of us are probably as good as we think we are.

I didn't see this thread until this morning, but I think Z nailed the answer. Everybody thinks that they're better than they really are. That's why we go to camp, because objective observers see the flaws that we don't see in ourselves.

As for all the other stuff, others have already given you the answer. Control what you can control and don't worry about the other stuff. When you work with this guy, you can't control him or his ego or the respect that he gets. Just work the game as hard as you can and somebody will notice.

[JugglingReferee]

Originally Posted by Scrapper1

I didn't see this thread until this morning, but I think Z nailed the answer. Everybody thinks that they're better than they really are.

Yup.

Neil Payne, former DOO for the CFL, once said:

If you were to ask an official and a coach how important an official was to a football game, responses would be light years apart, but in reality, an official is probably twice as important as a coach thinks he is, but only half as important as he thinks he is.

Works for ability too, though maybe not on a 2-to-1 scale.

[Dan_ref]

Originally Posted by Scrapper1

I didn't see this thread until this morning, but I think Z nailed the answer. Everybody thinks that they're better than they really are. That's why we go to camp, because objective observers see the flaws that we don't see in ourselves.

There was a study done a while ago that showed people with less ability/aptitude for a certain thing tend to have a better view of how well they perform relative to others than people who have more talent (if that makes sense).

The idea is the more talent you have for something the more you see your own flaws, and you are less satisfied with how you do. Those with less talent don't see their own flaws.

[Terrapins Fan]

That makes sense because I am always doing self evaluations.

I remember the first time something happened on the court and I didn't know the rule....I thought, "Wow, what do I do now?"

On the other hand, I deal with people who make it up as they go along instead of reading the rules.