Everyone must be confused with the title because we don’t usually see slacking off and motivation in the same sentence. Let’s face it, everyone slacks off. This is a given. In fact, my boss told me that he slacks off once in a while too. He mentions solitaire as his favorite computer game to kill time.
So if my boss (an ultra motivated entrepreneur who’s built a company that employs 150 people from nothing) slacks off, it’s safe to say that pretty much everyone slacks off too. The point of this post is not to say that slacking off is good. Actually, slacking off obviously detracts us from the job at hand. However, I just want to point out that it is normal for us to have the urge to take a break. The difference between my boss and the rest of us is probably in the frequency that this happens and how fast we snap out of it.
So don’t worry so much about why we always want to slack off. It is normal and healthy! Don’t ever think that there must be a special disease we have and let that defeat us because it is the same for everybody.
Instead of thinking about how we can stop our urge to stop wanting to slack off from now on, let’s focus our time on how we can get back to work. Next time we spend our energy worrying about whether it’s right or wrong to slack off when we have the urge, let’s think about when “the break” will end and how it will end. With a planned and focus way of slacking off, we will be able to control our urge a little better and be more productive.
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Hmm… Sometimes when I surf the web at work, I feel really bad but I notice that everyone else does this!!!
Thanks for the article since it’s so true!
Sometimes slacking off is just re-charging the batteries. You come back better and faster than before.
It also allows the mind to subconsciously work on problems you’re conscious mind is stumped on. How many times have you gotten home, maybe even gone to sleep, and woken up with the solution to an issue or problem you haven’t been able to resolve.
Just letting the mind work is all it takes.