Re: poor employees
NorthDrum, you need to wake up to the new economic reality and mind your good job. Work all the hours God sends and they will respect you when it comes time to place people in a "selection pool".
Hard work isnt always rewarded with hard cash.
Theres also the point that the harder you work and less time you have for leisure and relaxation the less productive you are.
I work hard, but try to get a proper balance in my lifestyle.
I dont live my life to the max per say, but I live it on the lines of if I ended up paralysed, unable to communicate and had nothing but my thoughts, would I be happy that I spent all available hours in the office or that I spent more time with friends in family . . When I was younger and got a personal shock, I made sure that I said everything I wanted to say to those closest to me so I would never have any regrets. If something happened to me today, I could honestly say I have no regrets. I believe most people have been too busy, riding the money merry go round and trying to just get by, to stop and look and appreciate their lives and those around them.
Lifes too short to place such importance on work. Yes, work to make a living, do that job to the best of your ability, but never ever let your job take preferance over your health. Stress is one of the leading cause of low immune system (or so my doctor tells me).
I still get stressed in work, still have serious pressure situations and high financial goals , but I try to balance this out by stopping every so often to take a deep breath and remind myself whats really important in life. If you need to work long hours to pay your bills you obviously over spent or are living outside of your means. I could work in Burger King or Tescos and still afford my mortgage (Im not rich, live in a small semi detached house in Bettystown), thats how I put things into perspective when worrying about my business. At the end of the day, if the worse case scenario happens, I will be able to get by.
Anybody who lives for the job, I feel sorry for, its them who need to wake up. I think its a sad sad life for anybody who thinks working every hour god gave them is actually "a life". Sure they will possibly end up rich, but at what cost. Losing the best years of your life to work! ! !
Some people would sneer at my look on life, but they are probobley the same people who say people who have over extended themselves with loans have only themselves to blame! Well, if I live my life within my means in a Job that affords me the opportunity to not spend every hour of every day working in it, then good for me ! !