Thursday, October 18, 2007

A Little Dose of Demotivation

I came across this item while browsing at ThinkGeek. It's a poster containing a quote about procrastination.



"Hard Work Often Pays Off After Time, but Laziness Always Pays Off Now."

I find it funny and interesting so I did some research which brought me to the website of Despair, Inc. They're offering posters, shirts, calendars and other souvenir items that satirize motivational doctrines. They sell items which parody the motivational products produced by Successories.

They even produced a book called "The Art of Demotivation: The Doctor is out of Patience". I'm amused of their approach in problems of employee productivity, loyalty and self-esteem. If there's a chance I'm going to get myself a copy of this book.

Here are some of the quotes which I find rather interesting...

Apathy: If we don't take care of the customer,maybe they'll stop bugging us.

Blame: The secret to success is knowing who to blame for your failures.

Compromise: Let's agree to respect each others views, no matter how wrong yours may be.

Consulting: If you're not a part of the solution,there's good money to be made in prolonging the problem.

Demotivation: Sometimes the best solution to morale problems is just to fire all of the unhappy people.

Hazards: There is an island of opportunity in the middle of every difficulty. Miss that, though, and you're pretty much doomed.

Indifference: It takes 43 muscles to frown and 17 to smile, but it doesn't take any to just sit there with a dumb look on your face.

Mistakes: It could be that the purpose of your life is only to serve as a warning to others.

Quality: The race for quality has no finish line- so technically, it's more like a death march.

Underachievement: The tallest blade of grass is the first to be cut by the lawnmower.

Worth: Just because you're necessary doesn't mean you're important

1 comment:

k a r e n said...

Thanks for sharing these! Love them especially these:

Hazards: There is an island of opportunity in the middle of every difficulty. Miss that, though, and you're pretty much doomed.

Indifference: It takes 43 muscles to frown and 17 to smile, but it doesn't take any to just sit there with a dumb look on your face.

Mistakes: It could be that the purpose of your life is only to serve as a warning to others.

Quality: The race for quality has no finish line- so technically, it's more like a death march.

Underachievement: The tallest blade of grass is the first to be cut by the lawnmower.

Worth: Just because you're necessary doesn't mean you're important