Work is continuous and pay is discrete. At the very least a leader runs a company that pays for continuous labor with discrete paychecks in the hopes of seeing

Work is continuous and pay is discrete. At the very least a leader runs a company that pays for continuous labor with discrete paychecks in the hopes of seeing discrete revenue events (selling a cup of coffee, signing up a new subscriber). Even reduced to absurdity I think the analogy holds up pretty well.