Hard work does NOT mean making it harder than it has to be. I can’t count how many times I was presented with a dauntingly tedious project as an analyst. I would (and still) sit and think to myself “how the hell am I going to finish this?” The right kind of lazy employee will find a better way to complete deliverables efficiently.
In specific instances, I am a shameless plug for Microsoft Excel because it has been my absolute best friend, and there is nothing I can’t complete without it. From converting years of financial data into legible Pivot Tables, to figuring out a simpler solution to getting data into a report, instead of manually entering it keystroke by keystroke.
My advice to any current Manager is to find these projects and give them to your “lazy” employee. I’m talking about the employee who wants to get it done as fast (and accurately) as possible. Not just the one who accepts the status quo. There’s absolutely no reason an employee needs to spend hours upon hours doing something that can be automated or can be broken down into a much quicker way. After all, don’t you want your company to be the most productive it can be? And if you are an employee who wants to work smarter, not harder, this is for you too. Your brain works differently and I would suggest using that to your advantage. Critical thinking and problem solving are both valuable assets in any field of employment.
Bill Gates, the og Business King himself once repeated to a crowd
“I choose a lazy person to do a hard job, because a lazy person will find an easy way to do it.”
Google, Apple, Microsoft, all hire the best and the brightest. The short cutters. The want their employees to find new ways of getting their job done. They want their employees to be “lazy.” Those companies thrive on the people who find the easiest way to do a hard task.
This thought process can be applied to all boards of finance, even if you want to take the lazy employee mantra into your personal life. Let’s talk about passive income for a second – the ultimate lazy income stream.
Passive income, best described in my own words would be “making your money work for you.” I’ve even heard people say it is “making money while you sleep.” The ultimate flex.
You can read more about passive income
here in this informative article. I will dive into cash flow more in a different blog post.
Working smarter, not harder, is the most valuable asset you can have, or have in an employee. There’s not a single company that can thrive on outdated and time consuming activities. You need innovation and creativity aka – the lazy employee.
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