The A-Player fallacy

We deify the idea, but it's mostly wrong.

I was on a conference call a few days ago with someone who kept using the term 'A-Player.' In funnier news, another person on the conference call sounded like the teacher in Charlie Brown. It was hard not to laugh, but I digress.

I ran through this 'A-Player' thing in my head a couple of times later that day. I've heard that term used maybe 103,838 times…