> If you've built habits that are lazy, bad, procrastinating, and blaming others and avoiding responsibility This is a false choice: work hard vs. lazy, bad be

> If you've built habits that are lazy, bad, procrastinating, and blaming others and avoiding responsibility This is a false choice: work hard vs. lazy, bad behavior. The middle ground is to meet expectations, but don't bother exceeding them if there aren't any benefits. You can use that extra time to learn new things, improve yourself, or actually have a real life outside work. I got the top job rating in my first job at a giant company, but my boss explained that due to HR policies I couldn't be promoted much faster than the average employee. So I subsequently aimed for a good rating, but didn't bust my ass anymore. I did grad school part time instead. Worked out well.