What role does complacency play in your life?

Complacency is a sneaky bugger because it doesn’t announce its arrival. All of a sudden one day it’s there and you’re stuck right in the middle of it. It’s there mingled in your relationships, in your health, your career, it’s taken its place in your life and the reason you didn’t notice is because it dressed itself as comfort.

You see, Goldilocks had it all wrong. She gave you the impression that the porridge, the bed and everything else has to be just right. What she neglected to tell you is that when you feel as though things are just right is when you stop paying attention. And that’s when complacency makes its move.

I’ll admit that it’s difficult not to get complacent when things are going well, after all, who doesn’t want things to go well? But you see, it’s when things aren’t going well that commands your attention. And you should always be paying attention to areas of your life that are important to you.

So how do you avoid complacency?

You should routinely check or audit the areas of your life that mean the most to you. How often should you audit your life? That’s up to you, but I would recommend at least on a quarterly basis. Carve out time to take a hard look at all the structural areas of your life and if need be, grade yourself. Get in the habit of doing this as early in life as you can, because if you don’t, complacency will be waiting in shadows, ready to take its place in your life.