I had my own business from 2003-2010. I was used to giving 110%. I went to work elsewhere in 2010 for various reasons. Anyway, I remember my first week blowing through tasks and kicking ass. My boss came to me to congratulate me on a job well done, and told me to slow down, because his boss may start to notice and I should essentially only do enough work to not get fired... I thought he was joking, but I talked to other co-workers and realized that most people worked that way. And then I realized that my half assed work ethic was still light years ahead of other people's half assed work ethic. Shit is odd in corporate America.