We are all discouraged from being selfish people. However, there is an art of selfishness that is not such a bad thing after all. Especially at the workplace. Here’s how to be successfully selfish at your office, and make huge progress while at it:
Your priorities will be in the right place: When it comes to priorities, selfishness is called upon. Say you want to print your 200-page report and your friend comes along and wants you to have them first print their 100 plus pages.
Because you want to be called nice, you’ll end up not finishing your job in time if you always say yes to everyone’s’ requests. Tell them to wait for their turn.
You make the most of your time: When you’re selfish you do not have to waste time doing other people favours. No. You will be too busy meeting your deadlines.
You save yourself the trouble of having to explain to your boss how this and that happened and that it kept you from meeting your daily target.
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You will not be taken for granted: Some people are so lazy and they want you to do their share of work. All this as at the expense of finishing your own.
So to avoid an incident where you will have joy riders asking you for favours, press the selfish button and plug in your headphones. Concentrate on your work.
You will earn respect from colleagues: Generally, people respect those who respect themselves. So if you draw a line on how far favours and friendship can go, people will generally toe the line and only ask favours if and when they are so sure it is reasonable enough.
This way you get to filter the serious colleagues from the nagging type.
