I find it hard to motivate myself to do anything beyond the bare minimum when I’m alone. My work product is good. Could it be better? Sometimes. Will it? No, because I lose interest in developing additional skills that aren’t required. It was a lot easier when I was in college and everyone was in the same boat. How to rekindle that need to learn?

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In a career, learning needs to be self driven activity. That is one common characteristic that highly successful people have. I would not compare college to career. You went to college to learn.

Most do bare minimum. I mean if you’re cool with what you’re doing and OK with punching the time card , then you’re like the most. Nothing wrong with that.

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100% agree.

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🤷‍♀️ I find it hard to motivate when I report to checked out people. I have officially decided at 4 pm today to do the bare minimum. I am tired of giving a crap when nobody else does. Also above my pay grade. I am just a dumb ass associate who takes notes.

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Same. My boss literally sit on his personal phone , on camera, for entire zoom calls and tunes us all out but then expects us to be engaged ....

I’ve been struggling w this so much since covid. Not sure the way out. I’ve recently been coasting so much I’m concerned about keeping my job. Wish the fear was motivational but just feel so dead inside and every day is the same w this cadence

yeah it feels like everything is the same everywhere all the time now

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