@Bi-Polar Bear,
And I like your signature.
I was talking to a coffeshop friend this morning who was telling me that his boss is going to learn about "motivation" today at a local hotel conference. He told his boss to forget it; he said that American productivity have been increasing for the past eight years, but was not rewarded with comparable wage increases, and to to ask workers to work harder is ridiculous.
He's spot on!