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Never give more than 70%
I don't know, I've always prescribed to the notion on giving your best effort, whatever form that comes in given the circumstances of the day.
Not for the sake of the company, but for you. There's a quote from the Cradle series by Will Wight, "There are a million Paths in this world, but any sage will tell you they can all be reduced to one. Improve yourself."
I don't want to give my employer, who recieves the bulk of my productive hours, the influence to control how much I challenge myself.
The thing is, you can just use whatever resources you don't need for your job in some place where the principle you mentioned applies.
Touché, I do spend the first hour of my work day studying or working on educational projects.
I spend 50% on things that make my life less annoying while at work. That might be research that is vaguely related to work but entertaining to me or it might be writing automation tools so I can work less. I have never given someone else my full effort. Except my spouse of course.
This is an interesting perspective. I've seen both sides of the coin. I've personally had hard work pay off significantly and at the same time it is what I wanted to do personally to challenge myself. I didn't have to.
I've also seen incredibly hard workers lied to and promised things only later to be told did you get it in writing?
It is hard to have your perspective when the job is menial, imo. Not a ton of personal growth as a garbage man or general laborer.
Nice, Cradle in the wild. I'm two books down currently
Enjoy the ride. It only gets better.