WHO KNEW LAZINESS WASN'T SO BAD AFTERALL!

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Have you ever just sat around doing absolutely nothing? No errands, no agenda, not even any TV! If so did you find it difficult? Perhaps you felt restless or even guilty. Our society values work, productivity and “doing.” Not being engaged in some type of activity is seen as negative and unproductive. But in all honesty there is a great deal of spiritual value in being lazy.

WHAT IS LAZINESS?

According to Merriam-Webster’s Dictionary, the definition of lazy includes: “not energetic, moving slowly, droopy and not rigorous or strict.” Doesn’t sound particularly industrious, but it doesn’t sound evil either. When did a little laziness become so bad? - Laura Hamilton.

Now let us Refraim Laziness

Instead of viewing laziness as wrong, try reframing it. To be lazy means to be inactive yes? lets just see it as respite or simply taking a time out. Who says we constantly have to be doing something at all times? Consider the inherent danger in non-stop productivity. It can separate you from yourself. If you are always doing, when do you get a chance to just be? You run the risk of seeing your identity only in terms of what you do, not in terms of who you are. Be lazy, stop and get to know yourself. 

Why not think of lazy as leisure? It is an opportunity to relax and recharge. What could be better for your body, mind and soul? When you are not on a fixed schedule or confronted by a to-do list, it gives you a chance to reconnect with your inner self.

I would highlight 5 positive reasons for being lazy. They are;

1) You Avoid Busy Work : People really hate busywork. Unimportant meetings that have no effect on your particular department, or meetings that achieve nothing aside from taking up your time. This is time that could be spent actually getting the job done. Lazy people would rather take the task they are assigned and get it done, get it done quickly, and get it done right, so they don’t have to spend any more time on it than absolutely necessary.

2) You know how to Delegate to cover more ground Lazy people make really good leaders, and this point proves it. You put a lazy person in charge of a group of people for a project, they know how to delegate people to certain tasks based on their skills so the job can be done quickly and efficiently. It doesn’t make sense to have one person do everything or have everybody focus on one thing at a time lazy people usually have a knack for making sure this does not happen.

3) You always look for a quicker, more effective way of doing things : Bill Gates said that he would always hire a lazy person to do a difficult job at Microsoft, because they would always find an easier way to do it. Just because you are diligent and clever, doesn’t mean you are going to be more efficient. This just means you will get the job done but you are probably going to do it without finding a better way, and you are going to take a lot of unnecessary steps to get it done. So...Bill Gates will hire you!

4) You focus on only the bare necessities : When given a task to do, lazy people tend to only focus on what is needed, rather than all of the extra details to get the job done. I’m not saying that there is anything wrong with going the extra mile every once in a while, but sometimes it can be too much and it’s just a wasted effort. Lazy people have an ability to figure out when is a good time and when it is unnecessary to do a little extra.

5) You are lazy because you are efficient : Sometimes it may seem that people are just plain being lazy, constantly scrolling their Twitter feeds and reloading Facebook, while you are busy busting your butt. The reality of it is that they knew how to get their job done faster and easier and simply just have the time to sit around.

IN CONCLUSION; 

Its all about how you look at things. You don’t have to work your fingers to the bone day in and day out to be successful. It’s all about how you can get more done in less time and produce bigger results than before. -Michael Daws.

P.s  Even with all these positive reasons, Laziness is still bad, it is even identified as one of the Seven deadly sins. So, DON'T BE LAZY! , Hard Work is better!.