Comments on: When Motivation is a Waste of Time http://bookfool.com/blog/2009/06/15/when-motivation-is-a-waste-of-time/ Books, Entrepreneurship, and General Foolery Wed, 08 Sep 2010 21:31:00 +0000 hourly 1 By: Kris http://bookfool.com/blog/2009/06/15/when-motivation-is-a-waste-of-time/comment-page-1/#comment-202 Kris Wed, 17 Jun 2009 00:28:49 +0000 http://bookfool.com/?p=665#comment-202 Molly, yes that does cover it. But, man, some people really aren't very cool! After reading Small Giants (see <a href="http://bookfool.com/blog/2009/05/21/from-small-to-small-giant" rel="nofollow">http://bookfool.com/blog/2009/05/21/from-small-to-small-giant</a>), I realize that a company's "Mojo" is a difficult thing to define. For one, it is different for each and every company. Next, so many variables go into it. BookFool.com's "Mojo" is in the et cetera! Heck, it is also in the et. al. too ("and others"). No one person goes into the making of our culture. It's us, it's our company and it is even our competitors (since most our competitors have as much mojo as a slug). Motivating and Defining this to a new worker is hard. It basically has to happen by their observations of the company and that's one thing I drew away from Luke's post. We train and motivate by our actions. KL Molly, yes that does cover it. But, man, some people really aren’t very cool!

After reading Small Giants (see http://bookfool.com/blog/2009/05/21/from-small-to-small-giant), I realize that a company’s “Mojo” is a difficult thing to define. For one, it is different for each and every company. Next, so many variables go into it.

BookFool.com’s “Mojo” is in the et cetera! Heck, it is also in the et. al. too (“and others”). No one person goes into the making of our culture. It’s us, it’s our company and it is even our competitors (since most our competitors have as much mojo as a slug).

Motivating and Defining this to a new worker is hard. It basically has to happen by their observations of the company and that’s one thing I drew away from Luke’s post. We train and motivate by our actions.

KL

]]> By: Luke http://bookfool.com/blog/2009/06/15/when-motivation-is-a-waste-of-time/comment-page-1/#comment-198 Luke Mon, 15 Jun 2009 20:55:30 +0000 http://bookfool.com/?p=665#comment-198 That does cover a lot! That does cover a lot!

]]> By: Molly http://bookfool.com/blog/2009/06/15/when-motivation-is-a-waste-of-time/comment-page-1/#comment-197 Molly Mon, 15 Jun 2009 20:53:41 +0000 http://bookfool.com/?p=665#comment-197 You know the mission statement...you told all of the managers at the last training session. "Just Be Cool" Doesn't that summarize everything? Treating people with respect, being honest, etc. You know the mission statement…you told all of the managers at the last training session.

“Just Be Cool”

Doesn’t that summarize everything? Treating people with respect, being honest, etc.

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