mindset: slacker vs. achiever
a friend of mine wrote a book entitled The 5 Habits of Highly Successful Slackers (Because 7 Is Too Many). the book is obviously referencing and making light of Stephen Covey’s 7 Habits of Highly Successful People theme, but to me it makes a clear distinction, that being:
- invest 100% of your self in your job. get into it. love it. become passionate about it (within reason, of course).
- or, find a job that allows you to pursue your passions and slack on the job
why we don’t live on these extremes is a mystery to me. most of us live somewhere in the middle. our jobs are ok, and we try, but not too hard.
i suggest we either slack or achieve. forget the middle. go for the extremes.
