My broker decided last month that what our office really needed was "more team bonding." So now every Monday at 8 AM we have mandatory "motivation meetings" where we go around the room and share our weekly wins. Sounds harmless, right? Except it's turned into a passive-aggressive competition where everyone inflates their numbers and the same top producer uses it as her personal TED Talk about how hard she works while the rest of us are apparently just collecting business cards. Last week I said my win was "successfully avoiding a bidding war" on a listing that actually just expired because my seller wouldn't budge on price. Nobody questioned it. The week before, someone's win was "maintaining work-life balance" which I'm pretty sure meant they went golfing instead of returning calls. Meanwhile our broker sits there nodding like she's witnessing personal growth instead of a room full of exhausted adults lying to each other before 9 AM. I spend Sunday nights dreading Monday mornings now, which I'm pretty sure is the opposite of motivated.