Ever thought of increasing success by lowering expectations? Welcome to Despair.com where negative criticism is used as motivation. For the cynical minded, Despair.com is literally a gold mine and now we can add their new book, The Art of Demotivation, to that collection.
Actually released April 1st (but I didn't get a chance to take a look till now), The Art of Demotivation comes in 3 editions manager, executive and chairman and discusses a new management model.
Motivation. The Futile Quest
At no time in history have there been more motivational resources available to the modern manager. And yet, in spite of the dazzling array of solutions sold, employee morale has reached critical lows- with the majority of workers actually reporting hate their jobs. How did this happen? And more importantly, what can executives do about the crisis of employee discontent?
In this incisive new work, former professor and current executive Kersten offers a devastating critique of the motivation industry and its complicity in the crisis. But more importantly, he offers to managers and executives everywhere a shockingly radical solution to the problem of employee motivation - one tested and perfected within the confines of Despair, Inc. itself.
For $1,195 US (I'm serious), you can get the chairman edition which includes 500 signed copies of the book, a hydrometer, bottle of special care solution and many more goodies. Personally, I rather go for the more economic version. And if you buy today (April 8th), you can get a 20% discount by using the code 'radicaldemotivation'. The code is suppose to expire a week from April 1st.
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