Traditional Wisdom... LO9001

Robert Bacal (dbt359@freenet.mb.ca)
Fri, 9 Aug 1996 00:43:49 +0000

Replying to LO8971 --

Rol, (and others). I am going to start scaling down my participation
in this group, so please excuse the brevity.

On 8 Aug 96 at 15:53, Rol Fessenden wrote:

> The interesting point is that when she asked her student friends how
> they were doing, they were doing just fine. When she then told them
> how she felt, they said oh, yeah, they felt like they were getting
> less than they wanted, but they accepted it, and were no longer --
> perhaps never were -- surprised. They had, in fact, lowered their
> expectations.

You might find it interesting to examine the empirical research on Need
for achievement (Mclelland (something likethat)).

Robert Bacal, CEO, Institute For Cooperative Communication
dbt359@freenet.mb.ca, Located in Winnipeg,Canada.
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