Another perfectly-worded phrase was shattered by the children’s ruckus in the other room. (image via wikimedia)
“There is no such thing as 110% effort,” a colleague ranted at work last week.
He’d been watching an athlete’s interview online after our local sports team won an important victory. The athlete had given credit to his team’s efforts, saying that they’d given 110%. Of all the things going on at work, this was what had set off my colleague.
“I hate it when they say that,” he continued. “You can’t give 110% effort!”
“At least he didn’t say they ‘literally’ gave 110%,” I said. Everybody likes to complain about the incorrect usage of “literally” nowadays, but I have a monotone voice, and nobody in the office could tell if I was joking or serious, so they pretended I hadn’t said anything.
110% is a great concept, but it’s limiting. If you’re going…
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