Posts

Showing posts from November, 2010

The M word

Image
You can't shock a 20-something native Russian speaker with a curse word. For two reasons: Russian language has 45 million curse words, and most curse words are just nicknames for lovemaking tools and preferences. But this word I first heard in Israeli army really shocked me. I'll tell it to you in Hebrew so that it sounds as foreign to you as it sounded to me back then. Alex hu maniack , sociomat, ein lo Motivatzia... Which means, "Alex lacks motivation" Ladies an gentlemen, Motivation is a curse! Hear me out and you'll learn about the history the word 'Motivation', how to use motivation as a glue when you build your corporate pyramid, and how you, my friend, are different from a wind-up monkey When I first heard the word Motivation, I knew it meant something really bad, but all I understood was that motivation is an ability to want something you don't want. Like dying in a battle serving your country. Call me crazy, but I was happy that I