It is common for some employees, usually those who have the worst attitude towards their work, to spend the day complaining and complaining. They wander around the office trying to steal candy or playing pranks on colleagues. They are not the only ones who do it: we have all noticed that there are many intermediate positions and even company managers who, although their responsibility should be maximum, do not give a single blow during their work day
They are a minority but with their no work ethic or their insecurity can contaminate the good atmosphere and productivity of the entire office.
The following phrases are the ones that these types of workers use to criticize their tasks and their unproductivity.
1. I have too much work
Unproductive people don’t realize that The vast majority of workers in the world have a lot of work
Unfortunately we live in a time that comes hand in hand with a frenetic work pace. The difference between the unproductive individual and the good worker (or boss) is that the latter does not complain about his burdens, he simply does his job.
2. That is not my task
Every worker must know What is your role within the organization and knowing how to achieve the objectives Now, there are times when a worker, regardless of his position in the company, must lend a helping hand. It is curious that unproductive people are the first to realize that they are working more than necessary or that they are doing a job of helping a colleague that, in theory, falls outside the scope of their duties.
They tend to pay a lot of attention to their role and what others do or don’t do. Productive people do not worry about these issues, and try to contribute what they can to make things work more smoothly. flexible and generous
3. I will finish it tomorrow
Unproductive workers waste a lot of time by living in a permanent state of incongruence. They always end up prolonging their tasks postponing them for the recent future.
They open a document wordsthey write a paragraph, then they start another document powerpointt… This constant opening and closing of tabs represents disastrous time and energy management. This is what is known as Procrastination.
4. I still do not have all the information
Detail-oriented people can also be unproductive They wait until all the stars align to begin any task. And when this does not happen, which happens frequently, the work falls on deaf ears. In this way it is impossible for them to advance at an acceptable pace.
Productive people do not wait for the exact moment but rather work on their projects and polish or modify the course when necessary.
5. I am going to wait for the boss to tell me what I have to do
Lack of independence is a factor that minimizes productivity , especially in small businesses. When someone is waiting for another to tell them what to do, the common project can falter: the lack of rhythm spoils the good dynamic.
The productive person analyzes the needs of the group and gets to work, while the person who expects every little detail to be told probably will not be able to contribute more than a mechanical and reduced function to the project
There are workers (and also many bosses) who do not start a task until they know perfectly how to act , or until they don’t know all the answers to each problem. No one has all the answers in advance, and it will be necessary to face challenges in order to gain the necessary experience.
Without going any further, projects like Airbnb either Uber They would not have been released to the market if their creators had waited until they had all the legal regulations perfectly verified. Sometimes, technology and human projects go ahead of slow legislation, and This point is key to understanding the progress both in business success and in the development of societies.
7. I don’t get any benefit from this
It is not uncommon to encounter narcissistic people who spend the day taking photos of themselves or tweeting about every step they take. The underlying problem with these attitudes of unproductive people is that, when it comes to working, They usually examine each action based on whether it brings them a direct benefit or not
Productive people, on the contrary, contribute to the project because they feel that they are part of it, and that is precisely their main motivation, the be able to contribute to improving
8. They will not value my contribution
Another point that undermines productivity: the need to be constantly valued and praised for the tasks one carries out
The process of overestimating one’s contributions, demanding valuation and being noticed so that everyone realizes how much one contributes, sows a soil for unproductivity because, as is obvious, other people are not constantly attentive to what another worker does or does not do.
l Productive people know how to translate good tasks into a constant stream of skill and creativity. They care about quality, but they are also aware that sometimes a push is required to maintain productivity. If the main goal is to always achieve perfection, productivity plummets
You have to know how to combine quality and productivity without one of the two factors constraining the other.
By the way: sometimes it can be quite efficient to let yourself be carried away by the law of least effort We explain it to you in this post:
“Law of least effort: 5 keys to understanding it”
10. I will fail
An immanent characteristic of every unproductive person is the worry about failure If the worker never has his own initiatives and projects, he obviously should not worry about failure at all.
When you fail from time to time, it is a sign that you are trying to improve yourself, you are trying new things and therefore, you are contributing to the project giving your best If you expect all your initiatives to be resounding and indisputable successes, it is likely that you will stop proposing others that would have been very positive as well.
