Vinita Bansal

Scaling products ￫ Scaling thinking (⊙_⊙) Former AVP Eng. @swiggy_in. Tweets about work, progress & success ʕ￫ᴥ￩ʔ Author: 2 books on Amazon.

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#1 principle of progress - Learn to ask yourself right questions.

Instead of asking "Who am I," ask "Who do I want to be."

Instead of asking "Can I do this," ask "What do I need to learn."

Instead of asking "What if I fail," ask "What if I don't try."

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Complete article here: https://t.co/0QjURrqbA7

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✅ Keep their manager in the loop
Lazy people can employ manipulation tactics to dodge responsibility and still look good. Save yourself from getting sucked into their political moves by writing things down and adding their manager to the loop.

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What strategies do you use to handle lazy people at work?

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✅ Give direct feedback when things don’t improve
Laziness is sometimes not intentional and may simply be a result of lack of concrete feedback. Have a candid conversation with them to help them understand the impact of their slack on others.

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✅ Setup daily or bi-weekly sync up
Leaving a gap between commitment and follow-up can make lazy people procrastinate for long without any meaningful progress. Setting up a regular cadence around sync-ups can break this habit.

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✅ Discuss expectations and hold them accountable
Lazy people tend to use excuses like lack of clarity and lack of alignment to cover up for their lack of effort. Hold them accountable by setting clear expectations and making them verbally commit to it.

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While not always easy, following these practices can make working with lazy people a lot less stressful and more productive:

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✅ Check if it’s a temporary thing
What may appear laziness at first can be situational or temporary. Before stamping people with a “lazy” label, take a moment to understand if their behavior is a pattern or a one-off event.

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Complete article here: https://t.co/pukcCYORZA

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To stop reacting and start responding, you need to interrupt automatic thinking. Move from reacting automatically to responding deliberately by recognizing these mental traps:

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🧠 Control reflex
Trying to gain control over a situation that feels ambiguous or uncertain pushes you to solve the wrong problem as you quickly try to seize an answer. Control reflex makes you intolerant to ambiguity.

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Complete article here:
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To make the work environment healthy, productive and conducive to growth, you’ve to actively take measures and reduce workplace friction by following these practices:

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✅ Normalize disagreements
Not normalizing disagreements can make conversations feel unsafe as differences of opinion can feel personal, leading to friction from suppressed opinions or competing egos.