You can teach people most things, but being driven and motivated you can’t.
You can offer people more money/tell them they will
Get the sack if they don’t do more. They will for a few weeks , but return to type unfortunately.
A good work ethic is half in you and half how you are brought up I think. My dad was a fireman, had 3 other jobs, proper grafter and did shifts so wasn’t about all the time (Christmas etc).
Being proper skint in the past is a good motivator for me.
I’m a f*cking nutcase at work, love grafting, want to micro manage everything and get wound up if people aren’t upto it. Want to be the hardest working when I’m in the gym, everything I do want to be the best.
Been doing a big refurbished at mine , my brother in law is helping and I get wound up how slow he f*cking moves and does stuff.
But being really driven isn’t all good. I can’t/don’t want to relax, can’t go on holiday for more than a week without wanting to be home to get on with stuff, the thought of retiring early abroad would kill me, if I won the lottery I’d do the same stuff but on a bigger scale. Definitely OCD, 70% of our house has no ceilings/floors at the moment but I’d never move my family out as I want my kids to see the graft that goes into getting something nice. Can’t suffer fools, dismiss people that aren’t like you as ‘lazy c*nts’.
I could post pages and pages about this subject , fu*king love planning stuff, organising and grafting.
I find laziness such an unattractive quality in people.
Give me someone with effort and drive over ability any day of the week. We can teach them the rest.

Edited by Casual (05 Sep 2020 8.50pm)

Edited by Casual (05 Sep 2020 8.52pm)

That was my problem I would mentally take work home with me which led to stress and sleepless nights. It's no good telling people it's only work, you are what you are.

Since I retired I have now found a way to relax through yoga I no longer miss work and I am glad to be out of it in this current environment.

If you enjoy work keep going until you don't. When you do decide to retire make sure you have a plan. Doing nothing is also bad for your health so find an interest.

You can teach people most things, but being driven and motivated you can’t.
You can offer people more money/tell them they will
Get the sack if they don’t do more. They will for a few weeks , but return to type unfortunately.
A good work ethic is half in you and half how you are brought up I think. My dad was a fireman, had 3 other jobs, proper grafter and did shifts so wasn’t about all the time (Christmas etc).
Being proper skint in the past is a good motivator for me.
I’m a f*cking nutcase at work, love grafting, want to micro manage everything and get wound up if people aren’t upto it. Want to be the hardest working when I’m in the gym, everything I do want to be the best.
Been doing a big refurbished at mine , my brother in law is helping and I get wound up how slow he f*cking moves and does stuff.
But being really driven isn’t all good. I can’t/don’t want to relax, can’t go on holiday for more than a week without wanting to be home to get on with stuff, the thought of retiring early abroad would kill me, if I won the lottery I’d do the same stuff but on a bigger scale. Definitely OCD, 70% of our house has no ceilings/floors at the moment but I’d never move my family out as I want my kids to see the graft that goes into getting something nice. Can’t suffer fools, dismiss people that aren’t like you as ‘lazy c*nts’.
I could post pages and pages about this subject , fu*king love planning stuff, organising and grafting.
I find laziness such an unattractive quality in people.
Give me someone with effort and drive over ability any day of the week. We can teach them the rest.

Edited by Casual (05 Sep 2020 8.50pm)

Edited by Casual (05 Sep 2020 8.52pm)