Dilbert cartoon first published on Thursday 11th January 2001

Dilbert//4289, first published 25 years ago on Thursday 11th January 2001

Tags

motivation fairy work hard gain respect peers avoid stress out live peers hard work

Official transcript

THE MOTIVATION FAIRY: Hovering in the air near Wally, the Fairy says, "If you work hard, you will gain the respect of your peers."

Wally says to the hovering Motivation Fairy, "If I avoid the stress of hard work, I will out-live my peers."

The Fairy asks, "Hard work can kill me?"

Wally answers, "If you're lucky."

originally published on dilbert.com

Open source transcript

THE MOTIVATION FAIRY IF YOU WORK HARD, YOU WILL GAIN THE RESPECT OF YOUR PEERS.

IF I AVOID THE STRESS OF HARD WORK, I WILL OUTLIVE MY PEERS.

HARD WORK CAN KILL ME?

IF YOU'RE LUCKY.

collated from github.com/jvarn/dilbert-archive

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