Motivation is a very personal thing, so when you find it alive and well within a co-worker, it’s in your best interest (and theirs) to do everything you can to keep it vibrant. The challenge with those who would be motivators is they easily disconnect themselves from others’ perspectives.

Being egocentric creatures, we all look at the world through our own eyeballs. The trick is to see things through another’s while avoiding these five easily preventable, sure-fire demotivators:

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