Many of us want to be high performers as well as be in good books as we know we work with humans and no matter how cool the employers sound and behave, there is certainly an impact of a ‘No’ in performance.

I wanted to share something insightful this hour and this article I am typing as I am thinking aloud so excuse me if I get lost in between. Specially this article I am writing for ’employees’. The time we are in, did teach us about work life balance for sure. Also, what goes in balancing the roles and being happy at both sides. I came across a lot of conversations about working from home initially was not working for many, and today when offices are opening at places, we get to hear the same thing; “Why, we are all good working from home?” The only thing in my opinion is a miss is that not all the jobs require offices, before pandemic there were jobs that could have been a work from home for other reasons. But there is a sense of assumption in employers that if it opens it must be same for all. Well I hear a lot of fear from the other side.

Now then, we all take time to adapt with change and the moment we do we are prepared for the next. Thats so cool in terms of self development. Here I wanted to highlight the nature of employees (of course I am talking about the group of people I have personally known and myself here) here. Even if it wasn’t the situation we are in right now, there always is a sense of shame when one does following:

leaves from office before the other colleaguesGoes on vacation with familyAsking for a day off and expressing unavailabilitySaying no to the task assignedSpeaking for once personal will.

All of the above behaviours are used by the other side as competition and fear where employees do not feel confident to express about living life with freedom.

What wrong in leaving early from work? How about acknowledging each one of us has different working style and effectiveness levels? it is ok, if you are done for the day and you wish to leave. I guess if you think this is with others too, then it is time for you to take that initiative and make your colleagues conferrable when they need to leave before the bell rings.

Going on vacation. Well I came across a meme.. when employees asked for raise they were told ‘for what, what work do you really do? and when the employees ask for leave they are told ‘well, you will do your job if you go on leave’. Funny there.. Now this isn’t always true but our brain are wired in the environment and culture we are in and that makes us behave in certain way. Again one has to break this stereotypical mindset.

I have known people who take pride not taking any leave or vacation and wait for a month in a year to be appraised. Well what for? cost of home time, peace, learning new things and self discovery.

The matter is to shift our focus to what matters to us the most.- Health, Peace, Passion- You cant say you dont need money, you do- you need money not just to survive but to live it as you dream, to pursue your passion and to discover your purpose in life. It is time to reflect what stops you to come up as powerful and be confident to share and express what you want.

-Shruti Nagar Dave