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Hi Girls and boys. I decided to leave the group again, this time for good. I really enjoyed the times when we were able to talk to each other about interesting stuff , such as love, life and the meaning of it all. I did not mind paying $10 a week for the privilege to do it.I was ok with the occasional product placements and mini-Tupperware parties that were added to the mix. But unfortunately things changed. The space, the meeting, and the company changed. After all, the goal of a publicly traded company is to maximize shareholder value, whether the firm makes money selling cigarettes, barb wire or weight loss. The meetings became a non-stop Tupperware Party. Instead of talking to each other we were watching to a never ending infomercial lightly seasoned with short human interest stories. I understand. The company has to make money, the leaders have to make their sales quota, the new tools need to be promoted and explained. I understand, but  I don't want to pay $10 to be a

Every morning in Africa a gazelle wakes up. It knows it must run faster than the lion or it will not survive. Every morning a lion wakes up and it knows it must run faster than the slowest gazelle or it will starve. It doesn't matter if you are the lion or the gazelle, when the sun comes up, you better be running                                                                   African Proverb Dan Woods writes in his Forbes article : Gamification is about achieving goals using an engaging set of metrics-based interactions. It takes something usually seen in hindsight–performance–and breaks it down, looking at its most important component parts. Once performance is measured, participants can begin getting immediate feedback. Gamification can actually become an integral part of process design for a business, moving well beyond a clever way to hook twenty-something social media users. Every morning in America ******** wakes up. And goes back to sleep. It knows it does not need