Ask yourself one question, do you wait to do things until they have to be done?
If you answered yes, I wish I could smack you. I can’t, so let me tell you how you make the rest of us feel when you simply take your sweet time and only pull miracles out of your rear end at the end of a task, milestone, or project. Have you ever been so mad at a person stopped at a light on the road that just sits there for a long time after the light turned green that you honk and shout terrible things at them? Yup, that person is you. You sit there when an entire line of people is waiting to follow you and just stay still until somebody finally honks their horn. You are that moron.
If you hate the complete idiot at the light that just won’t go, do not be them by being the person who refuses to start their job until the last minute. People might not honk at you at work or on a project, but they are killing you in their heads. They are lowering their expectations of you. They are getting frustrated that you do not pull through until the end. I know what a lot of you are thinking, what does it matter I finish everything anyway?
Let me be the fist to tell you, it does not matter if you get it done it matters how you do. See that moron at the light still makes it through the intersection, but he still is a moron. So if you only pull through at the end, but you stress everyone out and cause people to have anger management issues you are no longer of use to good people. The key to not being a complete waste of human existence is to not only finish what you say you will finish, but to finish it with honor and pride. You cannot do that by cramming it in at the end like it is not worth your time.
For all of those people who are like me and get stuff done now and actually pay attention at intersections, I love you! Keep being worthwhile and people of importance in the world. You are appreciated. If you see that guy or girl that slacks until the end, smack them, smack them hard. I feel better now.
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