9 Reasons We Don’t Do What We Should

Be it if you are an employee or a man­ager, there are times that you are not doing what you should be.  The worst thing that can hap­pen is that you are ALWAYS not doing what you should be doing.  This is def­i­nitely no good and this is def­i­nitely bad news for every­one.  You don’t deliver any pro­duc­tive out­put.  You laze around.  You get screwed by the boss… In all aspects of our lives, we have nine things that put us to a stop when we want to get some­thing done.  What are they?

1. Fear – All of us, if not, most of us are really afraid to fail.  We fear that we don’t have the needed skill, or that oth­ers will crit­i­cize us when we fail. We are afraid of the con­se­quences of fail­ure, humil­i­a­tion, ridicule, loss of finan­cial or employ­ment or social status.
2. Lack of Self-Confidence – We are afraid we will fail, even though these fears are ground­less. Am I afraid because I’m really push­ing my lim­its, or because peo­ple around me have been putting me down?
3. Lack of Knowl­edge – We don’t know what to do, or how or why to do it,  we see obsta­cles that don’t really exist or may have sim­ple workarounds that may have been thought of when we look at issues from dif­fer­ent angles.
4. Try­ing to Do Too Much Alone – We are super­man no more.  Some­times it’s good to pair up with peo­ple to work together and deliver out­put far greater than an indi­vid­ual.  True team­work is required.
5. Try­ing to Do Too Much – Most of us allow our­selves to set expec­ta­tions far too high for what we can accom­plish well.  Also, we allow oth­ers to set unrea­son­able expec­ta­tions on us.  Come on, do what you can.  Be con­scious of what you can do and say “No’” to what you can’t.
6. Loss of Self – We can get so caught up in try­ing to please oth­ers.  Be it for what­ever rea­sons; love, job pro­mo­tion, sense of respon­si­bil­ity, that we stop pleas­ing our­selves.  We lost our self-worth and our true iden­tity get wear off even­tu­ally.  Ask your­self, what is true to you?  Can you find the true self back?
7. Lack of Energy – We will feel the lack of energy when we are doing the same thing over and over again.  The man­date work and the lack of excite­ment def­i­nitely will bring any­body down.  Of course, we are not elim­i­nat­ing lazi­ness and pro­cras­ti­na­tion from the list of cul­prits.  Get some change in your career direc­tion.  Be positive!
8. Lack of Reward – What is reward­ing to an indi­vid­ual is really up to him.  Reward can come in cash, bonus, or even just a sim­ple appre­ci­a­tion from the man­age­ment.  Are you lack­ing any rewards that are stop­ping you from doing what you should?  If yes, think about the reward that you truly desire and if its avail­able with the tasks assigned to you…
9. It Can’t Be Done – Now not all things can be done.  We are not the same.  Our DNAs are not the same.  Not all sit­u­a­tions (and tim­ing) are the same… Some­times the task just can­not be done and we need to learn to say “No” to such tasks.  Do not worry about dis­ap­point­ing (or pro­vok­ing) your boss when you say “No”.  It’s bet­ter to say now then later when you have to work the impos­si­ble or man­age­ment expec­ta­tions build up.

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