The arrest of Nathaniel Marston for attacking three men with a crate, resulted in him being charged with "second-degree assault, reckless endangerment, menacing and resisting arrest."
Martson is a soap opera star on "One Life to Live," on ABC.
I bring it up here because of my distaste for the idea that there are "superstars" in a business.
I'm not talking about great workers and acknowledging their contributions, I'm talking about those that make some limited contributions and then think they're above the rest. It's in that thinking that they're better than others where problems can arise. It doesn't matter if they're as great as they think they are, if they think they are, they are setting themselves and the business up for failure.
People should be rewarded for what they've accomplished, not who the may think they are. The difference between a great worker and someone who thinks they're a superstar is in that distinction.
Those who produce great for a company and its customers will have done it successfully over a period of time. It's what they've accomplished they're proud of and rewarded for, not because they are inherently great.
That's why rewarding our people for great execution and results is so important. Those that get it done are our true superstars, but they won't think of it that way.
Those that are rewarded for anything other than producing, will end up coming back to bite us, as they will think it's something great and unique within them, rather than what they have practically accomplished.
This is a reason I'm getting to hate even using the word "talent." It implies that there is something special about a person outside of what they accomplish. The true talent isn't talent, but those that follow through successfully. It's suprising how many "talented" people are those with the most integrity and work the hardest, while not giving up. To me, in the end, there aren't any real superstars, just great people who excel at their jobs. They're the ones that deserve to be rewarded.
Those who start to believe they're superstars, think they are because of some intrinsic greatness. As a result, they think they deserve special treatment and rewards based on their greatness, not their production. I would battle to make sure results are rewarded alone, and nothing else.
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I think this article is article is fairly true. In Nathaniels case I truely doubt that he went crazy on the three men because he was a "superstar". Honestly I think you wouldn't just take that type of action to physically hurt someone unless he was being provoked and he had to defend himself. And the incident did happen around 4:30, in other words wouldn't you had defended youreself if you were in NY at 4:30 in the morning and you see three men doing whatever then they try to do something to you hat you feel thats not needed or you feel threatend? If that was the case I can't blame him...but you are right some celeb's do thin that they are higher than others and they need to check themselves, because where were most of the todays stars at before stardom? They were starving artist.
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