When I have a job to do, whether it's for myself or for a company, I always do it to the best of my knowledge. I really love being able to finish a project and look back at it and say "Wow, I did that." I take a lot of pride in what I do, and I want others to be impressed with the work being done as well.
I have a "work ethic" that I follow, and it is unique to me, it ties into what I view as honorable, moral and good. I think if everyone had this type of work ethic we wouldn't need structure in the workplace because everyone would be doing the job to the best of their abilities to finish the project.
Unfortunately, we do need structure. There are too many people that take advantage of the system and try to "Get something from nothing". These types of people take advantage, are generally lazy, lie, and they pass on their responsibilities to others, they are also the ones that complain the most.
When you are doing something, anything, from cleaning the house to fixing the car or building a shed, what type of worker are you? Do you skip steps to finish faster? Do you tell yourself that it can be done later? Do you stand and stare at the mess and get overwhelmed before you even start? Do you roll up your sleeves, set your jaw, and go for it?
My advice for any project is to start small and go from there. You will be fine as long as you start, the more you sit and think about what has to be done the less likely it's going to be.
I really have a pet peeve with a certain type of person, these people, can seemingly work at quite a few things they enjoy doing, and you will view them as they do it, but as soon as someone would like help with something they would rather not do, they are suddenly ill.
They will say " I have a headache." or " This old injury prevents me from helping you."
They will sometime start to help and then suddenly feign some sort of pain. You can tell this is a complete lie because they don't need any help, they just need to sit down but don't ever get up again and show no signs of any injury after a few minutes.
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Scott Goerz
