Daily Journal: 12.21.2024.
Finished a solid workout this morning. Just want to share a few thoughts that I had while I was getting after it today. Might be a bit raw, and I hope I don't offend anyone but here we go.
It was snowing last night here in New York. It's a beautiful sight, but there is a reason why I moved to Miami: I never liked to shovel snow. Looking at the accumulated snow on the sidewalk made me think about something.
There's a fine line between not doing the work and being stagnated. What I mean is this: imagine you're with two friends and you decide to go around shoveling people's snow for money (a common business idea for kids in cold climates). Three people, equal effort, equal split. When you're part of a team, besides being the teammates who actually put in the effort and get stuff done, you can be one of two types of people: the first is the person who wants to shovel the snow, but isn't even picking up the tools. In this case you'd not be doing the work. But then there's the person who picks up the shovel and pretends to shovel the snow: they're pretending like they're doing something to not get yelled at by their teammates.
I don't know which is worse. In either case, the snow isn't getting shoveled.
I feel like most of the complainers in Corporate America are the second type of person. They do the bare minimum to show that they're worthy of the paycheck they're receiving, and that's it. I'm not saying there aren't people doing good work, of course there are. But those types generally don't complain. They understand that the effort needs to be put in.
This is why I encourage EVERYONE to open their own business. Most people, I believe, WANT to do good things, good work, and put in effort. I just believe they don't have the right incentive. And I think the incentive that most people need is to feel the pride of having built something. And if you fail, fuck it: back to Corporate America as the worst case scenario. In either way, at least you tried.
And there's some pride in that.
Told you it might be raw.
Let's revisit our thoughts tomorrow, and let's get after it today. šŖš½
Vivek āš½
#DailyWs #dailyjournal
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