Don’t get tooooo... Comfortable on the Job!

 

 

“Comfort in employment can become the enemy of prosperity.”

Many people pursue employment as an end in itself. This is a gross error of commission, but the fact that you have a salary every month can lull you into a comfortable slumber zone of pretend contentment … Especially if the job pays well and does not require you to do any “extra” work or “gigs” to enjoy the lifestyle you have chosen. When you are in the comfort zone it is very easy to forget the purpose of employment, which is to create wealth for yourself, your family and posterity. If you find yourself telling yourself, “at least I have a job”, I dare say you are in the comfort zone. What you are actually saying is, “tomorrow will take care of itself”. This makes you relax any effort you might have made to create wealth and a measure of prosperity for yourself. Prosperity does not come served on a plate with a salary and employment on the side. Prosperity takes action and initiative to create tangible wealth from the income you earn on the job. Comfort on the job can lead to failure to pay focused attention on how to create personal wealth during employment. Comfort in employment is actually an enemy of prosperity and wealth creation. Comfort in employment implies that you have stopped thinking about your prosperity - and left that job to your employer (who never forgets it!). Your employer however, is not thinking of you, he is thinking for himself and will retain you as long as his interests are met. If your last job came to an end, and you have no wealth to show for it, you were living in the comfort zone. Don’t let it happen again!

Allan Bukusi,  is the author of ; How to Prosper in Employment and writer of the series of articles under the theme; 2026: Year of the African Employee challenging employees to prioritize creating personal wealth early in their careers.