Specifically, roadblock #3 (moralizing, preaching, imploring) #7 (Praising, Agreeing, Buttering Up) and #10 (Reassuring, Sympathizing, Consoling, Supporting). Thomas Gordon’s L.E.T.), I figured out at least part of the reason why I find them exactly the opposite of “motivational.” Little inspirational slogans are prime examples of communication roadblocks. When I went through leadership training ( Dr. But I always found them condescending and simplistic, and I know I wasn’t alone. Under those circumstances, being smacked in the face with the visual equivalent of Bobby McFerrin’s “Don’t Worry, Be Happy” at every turn got irksome.Īll of which are fine little sentiments, I suppose. But we who supported them (making, I assure you, less than a fifth of that sum) were just as beleaguered, at a tenth the pay, with no prospects for career advancement (because we didn’t have those Harvard/Yale/Princeton degrees). The crushing workload and breakneck pace were, I’m sure, just a part of the dues that the junior consultants were willing to pay when they signed on, as they whooshed their way from Harvard/Yale/Princeton into a first job that paid six figures. Many days began at 8:30 am and ended with a (company-paid, but still…) cab ride home at 2:00 am, long after the El had stopped running. The hours at the consultancy were brutal. Especially in a work environment that’s not in any other way motivational. I don’t care how much you believe in the power of positive thinking, that gets a little tiresome after a while. Think Big! Be Great! Take Risks! Succeed! The Chicago office was lousy with this “artwork,” which I’m sure you’ve seen (it’s deservedly and deliciously mocked at As an aside, I’ve always felt kind of sorry for the photographers who took all those magnificent images photos of nature-trees, streams, rivers, animals, sunsets, mountains, stars-that were then licensed by one of Satan’s underlings and defaced with chirpy, empty happy-talk. It’s a form of post-traumatic stress disorder, I’m sure, tied to the year I worked an administrative assistant job for a giant Boston-based management consultancy.
#Diy despair motivational poster maker full
Lock me in a conference room full of motivational posters. If you want to see me instantly transmogrify into a seventy-foot-tall geyser of irrational, mouth-frothing annoyance, it’s really easy.
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