[GaryVoshol]

Alec, about 2 years ago I commented to one of your mentors, "548, the best team no one has ever heard of." Well, this year they've heard of you. The rollercoaster of up-down-up at MSC, being mentioned by "Looking Forward" and being selected on an alliance in St Louis. 548 is arriving - not there yet, but arriving - at the top tier.

Attitude can be encouraged, but not enforced. Some of it is inherent in the people that come to the team - look at the work ethic of 51's backup driver as reported by Chris Hibner. Look at JVN's blogs.

As others have said, there can be time and place for fun and sightseeing. Not everyone has to be "on" 100% of the time. Your team has to decide who, what and when the "on" times are, and allow for some "off" times to decompress.

One thing that you might look to in your team organization is how tasks are assigned. Even in a huge team, everyone must have some unique responsibility. Don't assign these 6 kids to do X, because then 2 of them will do it while the other 4 goof off. Instead, break up X into x1, x2, x3, x4, x5 and x6, and assign the tasks individually. When everyone has some personal ownership in the outcomes it could improve overall attitudes.