{"id":597,"date":"2009-05-28T21:00:00","date_gmt":"2009-05-28T21:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/larelle.wordpress.com\/2009\/05\/28\/would-you-give-1000-to-something"},"modified":"2009-05-28T21:00:00","modified_gmt":"2009-05-28T21:00:00","slug":"would-you-give-1000-to-something","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/larelleread.co.uk\/?p=597","title":{"rendered":"Would YOU give 1000% to something?"},"content":{"rendered":"

Are you THAT committed? I’ve just been reading an article from the BBC News – Magazine section on their web site, about the death of using the term “giving it 100%” to signify you giving something your all. It’s not enough to say 100% any more. You have to say 110%, 150%, some, in the American version of The Apprentice are now using the over-assured 1000%! <\/p>\n

I was trying to put this into context. Say you’re applying for a full-time job and you say “I give everything 1000%”. Would the employer snap you up on the logic that if you give “everything” 1000%, that perhaps you’d work 1000% MORE? Say the job was for 40 hours per week, does this mean you’re willing to give your employer 400 hours a week of work? There’s only 168 hours in a week?!<\/p>\n

I’m really committed to finishing the post now. I think I’ll give it 99.99%! lol<\/p>\n

To read the story, click the link below…<\/p>\n

BBC NEWS | Magazine | The death of 100%<\/a><\/p>\n

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Are you THAT committed? I’ve just been reading an article from the BBC News – Magazine section on their web site, about the death of using the term “giving it 100%” to signify you giving something your all. It’s not enough to say 100% any more. You have to say 110%, 150%, some, in the … <\/p>\n

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