Playing for money

From Dr. David Newbourgh:

An older guy was disturbed by playing kids in the yards every day who were playing football for fun. He went out and said: "I give you 5 cents each day if you come - but you must play." The kids came and played. After some time the kids came and said, they will only come if they get 10 cents a day. The guy gave them the money and after some time the kids came back and asked for 25 cents to play each day. The old guy gave the kids the money. After a while the kids came again and said they they can only come every day if they got 1 USD. The guy stopped giving them the money and the kids never came back to play again.

Lesson learned: at the beginning the kids played just for fun and for no money. They got used to the money and changed playing for different reasons. That went on until they only played for the money. At the end they stopped playing altogether. Apply to work situations.