In Response to A Christmas Carol : A Christmas Carol is my favorite holiday movie. I've noticed that it's not shown on TV any longer, maybe on a movie channel. Perhaps it's because it doesn't resonate with big corporations who easily can fire their employees right before Christmas. Give them a few extra $$$ to keep them quiet, then start with a clean slate of cheap labor and big bonuses for the CEOs for the New Year. The TV stations concentrate exclusively on Black Friday and the profits that flow from consumption.  I've never had any use for these motivational tapes and lectures where they bring in big $$$ for the promoters. There's nothing wrong with be motivated, but it looks at a starving man and tells him that it's his fault that he's not wealthy, much like Herman Cain's statement that "it's your fault if you're not rich". Unfortunately, wealth seems to be the only measure of success in society. Fortunately, I work for 2 very small businesses owners who respect their employees who are doing well, correct those who aren't, but are very motivated with praise and treating the 6 of us with a summer picnic and a Christmas dinner at a restaurant. They are generous with commissions, but never forget that it's the employees who bring them success.  After working with the public for years in retail, I've found that an interest in others as individuals, understanding, kindness and compassion work far better than pushing sales on them, manipulating them and treating them as statistics. Sales often come naturally when there's mutual respect and trust.  It took a night of apparitions for Scrooge to become human, but I really fear that corporations today no longer see people as loyal employees, but rather as workers who can easily be replaced. 
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