Foundation Stone #33 - Complacency Is A Slow Poison, Avoid It
OK you got a job in software industry in a Multi National Company (MNC) and getting a good pay. You are pretty busy when there are projects but at least few weeks in a year you might be free and may not have much work. So what do you do? Beware these periods can pull you into the luxury of idleness called as complacency. Complacency is a slow poison; it does not happen in one single dose but slowly over a period of time. Once a project comes it becomes very difficult to get back to the routine work and may result in less productivity. To see if you are becoming complacent just take a look at what you did every day. The tasks that you did the whole day should be result oriented that either benefits you or the organization. If this time is anywhere less than 80% of the whole working time, beware you might already be getting sucked into complacency mode. Complacency not only results in lower productivity but also brings unwanted habits like mail chatting, instant messaging, spending too much time in cafeteria etc. These are time wasters and time wasted cannot be regained. Instead think of tasks that can help your growth in career and things that can distinguish from the crowd.
Note:- This is post is part of the “Foundations” series.
