Originally Posted by
astrohog
Another thing I've learned about competition lately is that each subsequent generation has less drive to compete, as they were raised being showered with participation trophies. When everybody is the same, why bother putting out any effort?
Developing a plan to attract/retain members that uses competition as an attractor, may not be a good model.
Astro
I became very aware of this when my Son got into Karate as as a youngster . Kids who couldn't fight off Spongebob much less a real life attacker were given the same trophies/belts as the more accomplished kids , it wasn't who had the skills but whose parents were paying the dojo's bills
