DRIVE!
Some people have it, and some do not-it is called drive aka intestinal fortitude ie guts. I may be the far side of 40 but I do think I can put some younger guys to shame. I ran into these for years in the Army,some soldiers would bust their ass from here to Kingdom Come for you, and others you had to light a fire under their a** to get them to move, let alone do work or actually get dirty. the worst are the pretty buys. A lot of people today want to sit in front of a computer screen and not get hot and sweaty, let alone filthy dirty when they work. Part of this is society's doing, people who work hard with their hands and backs for a living are seen as lower caste, and salaries for such reflect this line of thinking. This is why both the Canadian and American Armed Forces are screaming for new recruits. Why bother, you can earn double the cash in half the time with a tenth of the hassle at some leech of a hightech firm like Nortel and JDS Uniphase. Let me also play devil's advocate here: a lot of people in supervisory positions in construction for eg are complete wankers and bullies whom I believe get a real rise out of being miserable to their underlings(the Infantry also comes to mind?) . Think it has something to do with having risen above that lower level and they do not want anyone to not notive the fact. Nothing pisses me off faster, I worked for years with subordinates and I never treated anyone like I have been on occasion in the past year and a bit. That is precisely why I walked out on my last boss right at a job site two weeks ago; this is not the first time I have put an end to people with issues that decided to use me as the closest punching bag. I am fortunate though that I am in a position to do so-many are not and have to put up with this nonsence for years. My two cents worth.