tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21444271.post189186886824835164..comments2023-11-03T22:34:56.656+09:00Comments on I'm no Picasso: Settle.I'm no Picassohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06516337555349888808noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21444271.post-83375209162118649892009-05-08T00:52:00.000+09:002009-05-08T00:52:00.000+09:00The carrot and the stick. This is so thoroughly m...The carrot and the stick. This is so thoroughly misunderstood it should make you, Liz, mad. <br /><br />People today usually mean the carrot as an inducement and the stick as a punishment.<br /><br />This is wrong.<br /><br />The carrot and the stick work together! It comes from a [mumble] tradition, I think South American. Picture a donkey pulling a plow. He doesn't want to. <br /><br />So, rig a harness which uses a stick that pokes out in front of the donkey's nose. Now, suspend a carrot (which are putatively loved by donkeys) from the end of the stick, so the donkey can see it--but NOT reach it. <br /><br />The donkey will spur himself forward to try to nibble on the carrot.<br /><br />This is the true, but much misrepresented, meaning of the carrot and the stick.<br /><br />Am I being too shy, or are you holding out on commenting on my blog as a carrot on a stick?Tuttlehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06492955225793619768noreply@blogger.com