If, like me, you find those motivational posters (“ACHIEVEMENT – Only when we all pull together will we get someplace” under a scenic picture of an eagle flying over guys in a canoe) that some execs insist on having in their office to be … platitudinous to a toxic level, then you’ll enjoy the products of folks at Despair.com. Whether it’s demotivation, arrogance, or pessimism you’re looking for, they have the gorgeous wall posters (and calendars and notebooks and …) for you.

I really hate to give away any punch lines, since the visuals are half the thing, but …

CONSULTING – If you’re not a part of the solution, there’s good money to be made in prolonging the problem.
ELITISM – It’s lonely at the top. But it’s comforting to look down upon everyone at the bottom.
DEMOTIVATION – Sometimes the best solution to morale problems is just to fire all of the unhappy people.

Heck, the site itself is a hoot. Go there. Buy. You’ll feel better about feeling worse.

(I actually had one of their calendars up in my office. After a while, it dawned on me that might not be the most motivational of things for a manager to do.)

(Via Blather)