Change Your Thinking, Change Your Life: How to Unlock Your Full Potential for Success and Achievement

WORK ALL THE TIME YOU WORK
A key part of success at work is to 
use your time well
, to focus on re-
sults, and avoid the time-wasting social activities of the poor per-
formers. In correlation with this is the need for you to “work all the
time you work.”
This is a remarkable idea for many people. Often employees
think about work as if it was an extension of school. When they were
growing up, they came to think of school as a place where you go to
socialize. You take the required courses, but the most important
part is spending time with your friends between classes. School be-
comes a form of play.
Many people think, when they take their first job, that work is
also a place where you go to spend time with your friends. This is
why fully half of the working day is spent socializing, and in idle
conversation on the telephone with friends and family. Work is seen
as a giant sandbox where you continue to play as you did in school.
You do a little work when the boss is watching, get a paycheck, and
then go home.
But this is not for you. If you are determined to succeed
greatly and be paid the very most, you must 
work all the time you