The word "perfunctory" can be understood as "careless, lazy, sloppy" and other words, perfunctory work is also a very irresponsible performance of work, because of perfunctory companies suffer huge losses are numerous.
A San Francisco businessman sent a telegram** to a Sacramento businessman**: 10,000 tons of barley for $400 per ton. **Is it high or not?To buy or not to buy?The Sacramento businessman meant to say, "No." too high", but a full stop was missed in the telegram, and it became "not too high". As a result, it cost him a loss.
Coincidentally, a salesman in a garment factory ordered a batch of sheepskins for a unit, and the contract terms were supposed to be "more than 4 square feet each." Don't scar it". However, the salesman was careless and wrote the full stop as a stop number, which became "Do not have each sheet larger than 4 square feet and have scars". As a result, the supplier took advantage of the loophole, and the sheepskins sent were less than 4 square feet, which made the garment factory dumb and unable to tell the bitterness, and suffered heavy losses.
Therefore, there is no room for irresponsibility in the workplace. As an employee, what you should do must be done with quality and quantity. Don't think that if you don't do it, someone will do it, and don't think that if you are not responsible, you will not be discovered, and it will not have any impact on the company. When you are keeping your responsibilities, you are also abiding by your personality and morality.
Cooper, who works for a large construction company, is not only the general manager of the family group, but also the first non-family member to be promoted, so it's understandable how much pressure he is under. Therefore, he is very strict with his subordinates, and even a bit picky. However, Cooper felt that he had been in the company for a long time, and he was still able to handle his various orders with ease.
At one point, the supervisor asked Cooper to prepare materials for a board of directors, and Cooper quickly put together the reports from various departments, and the work was quickly completed. But when Cooper handed in the information, the general manager only said one sentence: "Don't care." Cooper was not convinced, and he told the general manager that he had not eaten dinner on time for the sake of this material for a long time. The general manager sighed and said, "So are you satisfied with this pile of materials?"Cooper bowed his head. "If you're not satisfied, you're doing your job. Remember: perfunctory.
Cooper's problem is not that he is not intelligent or capable, but that he is unwilling to put his mind into it, which leads him to Xi perfunctory work in his work. Although he sacrificed the time to eat dinner, he did not work hard. If the general manager takes the information he provides to the conference table, will he be praised by the directors who have been in the workplace for a long time?
There will be no pie in the sky, so even if people who like perfunctory things take advantage of it once or twice, they will inevitably harm themselves in the long run.
You can also ask yourself: Are you happy with your job?If not, what are the consequences of the negative coping strategies you are employing, such as procrastination and perfunctory?Are these consequences something you can or are willing to bear?You can go over these questions on paper, and in the end you will find that the negative consequences are much more terrible than the current annoying work.
In fact, perfunctory is even more lethal than disloyalty and bravery, because it directly affects a person's soul and wears out people's sense of professionalism and integrity, which are the basis and guarantee for a person to be based on the workplace and make achievements.
A very classic story:
There was a well-known architect who was about to retire, and the boss was reluctant to let him know if he could help design another house, and the old architect said yes. But everyone can see that his mind is no longer on work, he is just to complete the task. The design of the house is unsatisfactory in terms of overall architecture and detailed layout, but the designer has no intention of spending his own wisdom, and his only thought is to hurry up and leave.
After the house was built, the owner handed him the key to the gate and said to him: "This is your house, thank you for helping me for so many years, it was given to you by me."
The architect was stunned and ashamed. If he had known that he was building a house for himself, how could he have done this?Now, he has to live in a loosely structured and messy house.
This is not the case for many people in the workplaceWhen they work carelessly, they are carelessly "building" their own lives. Instead of acting positively, they are passive, unwilling to strive for perfection in everything they do, and unable to do their best at critical moments. By the time they realized their situation, they were already trapped in the damage they had built for themselves."
So, get over the perfunctory!Here are a few things you can start with: First, recognize the consequences of perfunctory.
Secondly, we must change our mentality, have a sense of responsibility for everything, and be positive and confident.
Third, it is necessary to distinguish the boundary between "work" and "done", and avoid the idea of "I did it", because this idea is most likely to lead to perfunctory. You know, work has to be proactive in solving problems.
Fourth, we need to do useful work, not sacrifice time and energy.
Fifth, you should also take the initiative to think and try to make your current work have broad development prospects. In this way, naturally, you will have the ability to constantly look for solutions, you will have the willpower to overcome obstacles, your performance will reach new levels, and the quality of your work and the satisfaction you get from your work will be in your own hands.
The difference between humans and animals lies in the fact that people have souls, have responsibility and care for others and society, and can find the value and meaning of life through work. Urging, moving, whipping and grinding, isn't this irresponsible for your own life?
Perfunctory does not bring people easy, on the contrary, it makes people less and less relaxed!Remember!To do perfunctory work is to perfunctory yourself!