Focus on what yuo are doing.
What kind of worker are you?

Part 2 of 6 parts

THE DAYDREAMER

The daydreamer is not concentrated on what she is doing. Her mind flows randomly, occasionally touching upon the work she is doing. She is not concerned about the quality of what she is doing, and thus does not usually produce quality. She is easily distracted from what she is doing, perhaps chatting with someone, looking out the window or occupying herself with something else. She lacks endurance and has a short attention span. She usually does not really enjoy her work or care very much about doing it well.

The results are that she produces low quality work and makes numerous mistakes. As a result, she tends to incur rejection and even anger from others. In turn, she feels rejected, abused and hurt. This undermines her self-confidence and trust in others, creating a vicious circle in which she becomes blocked emotionally, and thus has even less concentration. Out of a fear of making mistakes, she makes even more mistakes. This is sad because she is not incapable. She is a very capable divine soul in the process of evolution. She simply does not love what she is doing, so she cannot give herself to it. In this way, she loses many opportunities for growth and self-development.

This person needs to realize that she can obtain much greater joy by taking pride in her work and doing it as a love offering to those around her.

MR. LAZY

Mr. Lazy is tired, bored, and indifferent as to whether things get done or not. Perhaps he would like them to get done, but not by him. He has not yet discovered the joy of work, of creativity, of offering or of serving. Perhaps he is lacking energy. Perhaps he needs vitamins, a different diet, some exercises, or breathing techniques to raise his level of energy. He may not have found the type of work, purpose, or goal that excites him enough to put his energy into it. Perhaps he has experienced rejection as a child while performing various activities, and has now connected work with rejection, criticism and other negative experiences. He may have experienced heavy discipline and suppression as a child at home or at school, and now associates work with a suppression of his freedom or his rights. Perhaps he lacks self-confidence, fears making a mistake, and thus prefers not to try.

He is unfortunately losing out on a great source of self-development, joy and meaning in life. He could do so many things with that unlimited energy that lies latent within, if only he could decide to bring it up to the surface and express it. Usually this requires finding a goal that is important enough to him. Motivation is required, so he would do well to seek a goal, a motive that is important to him. This motive may eventually change. That is no problem. Change is a part of the evolutionary process.

Most people find it meaningful to help other people. I would suggest that a lazy person start there. Let him offer a few hours a week toward helping adults or children who need assistance. Let him think about what is really important to him.

Let him imagine he has a magic wand and that he can do anything at all. What would it be? Let him work toward that step by step, ignoring the fact that the final goal is very far away.

This is another problem some people have. They want to do something, but they see it as very far away, very difficult, like looking up at the top of the mountain. Because they cannot take one giant step and reach the top of the mountain immediately, they give up and do nothing. They must realize that the only way to

Pride is often a cause of laziness. Some people feel they are much too superior to perform certain tasks that need to be done as the first steps toward reaching their eventual goal. Thus, they never get started.

A person who is not sure about what he wants to do with his life would do well to try doing anything at all. Let him do some "job shopping". The only way to know if we like something is to do it. We never lose by performing any work whatsoever. We learn something every time we lift our hands to do something. Every moment of work is another opportunity to learn some new skill, to manifest inner abilities and to learn something about ourselves. We are in no way forced to remain with something that we eventually discover does not suit us. We are free to change as many times as we like. Physical incarnation is for learning and creating. We are free to do that in the various ways in which we feel motivated. Thus, it is better to start doing something we are not totally sure of, and later find out that it is not for us and change, than to sit idly forever waiting to "be sure".

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About the Author

Robert Elias Najemy who is the author of 20 books which have sold over 100,000 copies. He is the founder and has been the director of the Center for Harmonious Living in Athens, Greece for the last 26 years. The center has a membership of 3000 clients and 600 students. He has lectured over 25,000 hours and has worked with around 20,000 persons through personal appointments, classes and seminars. He has produced over 500 cassettes and videocassettes with an abundance of information or human harmony. He is not a psychologist, nor a doctor but rather a chemical engineer who gave up his profession 35 years ago in order to study human nature and all aspects of human health, happiness, harmony and spiritual development. He has a certificate in Counseling from the Counseling & Psychotherapy Central Awarding Body (UK) and certificates as a practitioner of three forms of Energy Psychology; specifically Emotional Freedom Techniques (EFT), Tapas Acupuncture Techniques (TAT) and Thought Field Therapy (TFT). Robert has developed a six-year self-knowledge seminar which is taught at his school and has also been recorded on 200 acoustic and videocassettes and is thus available in other cities. He has trained more than 250 life coaches, 50 of whom now work with him in Athens, Greece and other affiliated centers around Greece and Cyprus. His site is www.HolisticHarmony.com