Originally posted by Gedanken:
Of course not - that would be too easy.
And no, I'm not making an unqualified statement of that. When
you've been at something for 15 hours, it's much easier if your job
is something you can carry out with your mind just shut off. Try
providing professional advice for that stretch of time, and the
next three hours will show you what a real challenge is.
Over the last 15 years I've worked in jobs that require anything
from secondary school to doctorate levels of education, and across
that range of roles I've come across a whole lot of high performers
- child-care workers, teachers, SOF commanders, managers of
US$20-million-per-day turnover companies and recognised world
leaders in organisational research. The one thing all of these
performers have in common is this:
[b]THEY FOCUS ON GETTING THE JOB DONE AND HAVE NO TIME TO WASTE ON
EXCUSES, WHINGING OR LONG LEISURELY BREAKS.
At this juncture it's pretty obvious that you're not particularly
high on achievement orientation. A few key things:
1) RT obviously upsets you, but you choose not to do anything to
prevent it
2) There seems to be no end to your supply of excuses
3) You say "increasing productivity", but what you describe is
simply cutting corners
4) You like neither your work nor NS conditions, but instead of
focussing on solutions to the problem, you want time off
5) You refuse to recognise the nature and objectives of your
job
In other words, you're just plain irresponsible. As long as you
continue to hold a "the world owes me a living" mentality, you can
fairly much count on being stuck with 12 hours of menial work a
day. After all, you're not giving anybody any signs that you can be
trusted with any important work. Despite all that, you'll continue
to whinge about how miserable your life is.
How tiresome.[/b]
'You like neither your work nor NS conditions, but instead of
focussing on solutions to the problem, you want time off'
u qoted me out of context,' time off ' is meant for attending
RT.
Menial jobs also mean taxi drivers, delivery men, production
operators etc 12 -hr shift worker is just one example only.
