Because bureaucrats *are* nice, sincere, and extremely well educated. They will always have plausible reasons, which they actually believe, why some source of delay or cost is necessary. And, typically, you will get your explanation and feel sheepish and not push.
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Self-sacrifice *does* indicate commitment, all else equal, but IMO it’s more revealing on the low end than the high end. Someone who never endures even mild inconvenience for his goal is not motivated;
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but that doesn’t mean that the *most* self-sacrificing people are the *most* motivated. Why? Many of the things that you have to “sacrifice” to a goal are not actually related to personal enjoyment.
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I really wanna read more of your theories on human behaviour/characters - lives this one && the thread on sales v engineering perceptions in the workplace
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