What if people could be friendlier she thought to herself as she wandered through open air market. It was a warm, sunny day so there was no use blaming weather. In that case it must mean that people just do not like me, she decided.

The chatter of voices was all around while she sat at a table by side of shopping crowd. She sipped a glass of green juice and felt very alone despite all shoppers rushing about street. Just then she spotted a young man and newspaper headline on his paper... Lead And They Will Follow.

Twilight finished her drink and wandered along street, feeling heavy, tired and still a little angry with this world full of unfriendly people. She turned to left and walked right past mirror man, he was there every week selling mirrors of all shapes and sizes. He was singing away to himself until he spotted Twilight, then sparkle left his eyes and his face froze into a stern harsh expression.

I'm not downplaying motivational material. Believe me, I read it all day long. I'm 100% sold on it. However, it tends to be one of those things that positively impacts person reading it at time. Not necessarily person you want to motivate or inspire. Particularly if they're not type person who reads or listens to it themselves.

The downside of threatening to fire someone can have several implications. Sure you might get immediate spur in productivity you were looking for, but in long run you could end up losing much more then you gain. For example, it can create a sense of disloyalty and distrust in people.

Then there's question of what happens if person you're threatening to fire beats you to it and quits on spot? You say it wouldn't bother you, but is that really case? Essentially you've created a whole other problem. Now you've got rehire someone, spend time and money training them, etc. I think you see where I am going with this right?