You’re not good at your job. You do what you can, but even your best effort isn’t enough. You barely scrape by. Fortunately, you’ve been lucky so far. Your boss has too many things to occupy her attention. Following your progress and seeing your deficiencies has been low on her list. Not anymore. Your boss calls you into her office to inform you that she’s been watching you closely the last few days, and she sees now what an embarrassingly low performer you are. And not even out of laziness but sheer incompetence, which is even more humiliating. You need to shape up quick, she says. And she has the perfect incentive, one that will remind you of your place in this company with every step you take.