I had a challenge from a colleague to write something about the topic of motivation.  In thinking about this, I was reminded of all those slick posters we used to see with beautiful and striking scenes – all of them designed to focus you on some slogan or principle or other uplifting thought.

A lot of companies paid a whole lot of money to “motivate” their teams and bring cohesion to the workplace.  In fact, a lot of companies still do this even if it manifests in new ways (free beer Friday comes to mind).    Yet I’d like to ask one simple question if I may …

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