I remember my grandfather telling me how tell if a man was going to be a good worker, he said " If a man comes to you looking for a job think twice, if he comes looking for work you should hire him." I know it sound simplistic, but I have always remembered that as an indicator of a persons attitude about work.
I have a younger friend who is constantly complaining a bout how his boss is making money off of him. I finally told him, "Look thirty years ago your boss was doing what you are doing for him. You have to put your time in and learn before you are compensated like he is!"
It chaps me that kids think that they are entitled to a high paying job right out of school. My brother-in-law is a cardiologist and makes a very nice salary but when he was a resident, he made 30,000 and lived in a one room apartment in New York with an 1800 a month rent. Ya gotta put your time in!


Sorry for the soapboxing.