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The Laziness Advantage
"I always choose a lazy person to do a hard job. Because a lazy person will find an easy way to do it."
- Bill Gates (allegedlyâŠ)
If youâve ever felt busyless - you know, when youâve had a busy day, but donât feel like youâve actually done anything - more effort, more productivity probably isnât your answer.
In a world where everyone is trying to do everything all at onceâŠ
Your advantage might just be your laziness.
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Something To Make You Think đ€
Whose bullsh*t are you doing?
One of the problems with being âproductiveâ is you end up taking a lot on.
And as people notice your reliable productivity, they start giving you more bullsh*t to do.
Because youâre so productive, you get it all done. And perhaps donât even think much of it because itâs easy for you. Because youâre so productive.
But whatâs actually happening (perhaps) is youâre implicitly teaching others to shirk their work, to burden you with things they should be dealing with themselves, or doing things you donât actually want to do.
For example, at one of my companies, owing to a lack of technical talent, I started doing all the website, API, app stuff. Although I can technically do this, itâs not what Iâm best at, nor what I enjoy doing most.
But because I could do it, I did. And as commendable as that might sound, it was actually very bad for the company because we didnât look into hiring a CTO till much later. I temporarily bandaged a deeper problem (not having a technical Co-Founder) which hamstrung the company longer-term.
Same at home. My girlfriend will often clean up crumbs and bits of mess here and there for me, evaporating my responsibility. I have kindly asked her to stop! Itâs my bullsh*t, not hers, so I should be doing it.
So, whose bullsh*t are you doing? Are you covering for someone else? Let people take responsibility for their actions, and feel their consequences. Youâre not a babysitter!
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Extremely Interesting Fact đ€
The word nice derives from the Latin nescius, meaning "ignorant" or "unaware."
Over time, the word evolved to mean something closer to pleasant and agreeable, but nice still holds its roots in many contexts.
âThe nice guyâ is usually the chap with not much about him. Unaware, ignorant, compliant, not willing to speak up for himself.
This is very different to the âkind guyâ or the âbrave guyâ or the âgenerous guyâ, who actively do good things, vs simply avoiding upsetting people.
Thereâs no harm in being nice, except when itâs borne out of weakness or fear of what might happen if you stop being so.
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