The nature of employment, whether paid or volunteer, requires us to work for or with other people. Sometimes in the workplace, we see others failing to carry their end of the load. Ask yourself how you should react to this observation—by taking up the slack and lending a helping hand or sitting down and waiting for them to do their own work?
We never fully know how others’ problems are affecting them. Wouldn’t it be better to give them the benefit of the doubt and help out with a task even though they are supposed to do that part of the work? It will help move the job along, and you will feel better than if you criticize others and let the project drag.
A famous writer and editor, Elbert Hubbard, remarked, “Folks who never do any more than they get paid for never get paid for any more than they do.” If we make certain that we carry our own part of the job and also assist others who need help in catching up, we will be paid for it in more ways than one.