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Revenge of the Demotivators

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    Arrogance

    \n\tThe best leaders inspire by example. When that’s not an option, brute intimidation works pretty well, too.
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    \n\tWhen your servers crash, end users scream, and network grinds to a halt, let these Demotivators make you smile. These soul-crushingly funny explanations of defeat, futility, failure, disloyalty and more, remind you that it could always be worse.
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    \n\t\u00a9 Despair, Inc.
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    \n\tWhen you’re ready for even more ways to crush those annoying outbreaks of spontaneous office happiness, check out our two other Demotivators galliers:

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  • Change

    \n\tWhen the winds of change blow hard enough, the most trivial of things can become deadly projectiles.
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    \n\t\u00a9 Despair, Inc.

  • Defeat

    For every winner, there are dozens of losers. Odds are you’re one of them.

    \u00a9 Despair, Inc.

  • Disloyalty

    There comes a time when every team must learn to make individual sacrifices.

    \u00a9 Despair, Inc.

  • Disservice

    It takes months to find a customer, but only seconds to lose one… the good news is that we should run out of them in no time.

    \u00a9 Despair, Inc.

  • Dreams

    Dreams are like rainbows. Only idiots chase them.

    © Despair, Inc.

  • Effort

    Hard work never killed anybody, but it is illegal in some places.

    \u00a9 Despair, Inc.

  • Fear

    Until you have the courage to lose sight of the shore, you will not know the terror of being forever lost at sea

    \u00a9 Despair, Inc.

  • Flattery

    If you want to get to the top, prepare to kiss a lot of the bottom.

    \u00a9 Despair, Inc.

  • Futility

    You’ll always miss 100 percent of the shots you don’t take, and, statistically speaking, 99 percent of the shots you do.

    \u00a9 Despair, Inc.

  • Goals

    It’s best to avoid standing directly between a competitive jerk and his goals.

    \u00a9 Despair, Inc.

  • Hazards

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

    \u00a9 Despair, Inc.

  • Ignorance

    It’s amazing how much easier it is for a team to work together when no one has any idea where they’re going.

    \u00a9 Despair, Inc.

  • 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.

    \u00a9 Despair, Inc.

  • Irresponsibility

    No single raindrop believes it is to blame for the flood.

    \u00a9 Despair, Inc.

  • Limitations

    Until you spread your wings, you’ll have no idea how far you can walk.

    \u00a9 Despair, Inc.

  • Nepotism

    We promote family values here – almost as often as we promote family members.

    \u00a9 Despair, Inc.

  • Persistence

    It’s over, man. Let her go.

    \u00a9 Despair, Inc.

  • Pretension

    The downside of being better than everyone else is that people tend to assume you’re pretentious.

    \u00a9 Despair, Inc.

  • Stupidity

    Quitters never win, winners never quit, but those who never win AND never quit are idiots.

    \u00a9 Despair, Inc.

  • Teamwork

    A few harmless flakes working together can unleash an avalanche of destruction.

    \u00a9 Despair, Inc.

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Bill Detwiler is the Editor for Technical Content and Ecosystem at Celonis. He is the former Editor in Chief of TechRepublic and previous host of TechRepublic's Dynamic Developer podcast and Cracking Open, CNET and TechRepublic's popular online show. Previously, Bill was an IT manager in the social research and energy industries. He has bachelor's and master's degrees from the University of Louisville, where he has also lectured on computer crime and crime prevention.