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When you have an exceptionally nasty project, present it to your employee as a "challenge." That seemingly minor change in syntax will cause the employee to feel like an Olympic athlete instead of the boot-stomped carpet mite that he is.

— Scott Adams Dogbert's Top Secret Management Handbook (1996)

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