You may be working twice as hard and be half as effective without this essential step in your life.

You may be working twice as hard and be half as effective without this essential step in your life.
Can being "aloof" to the latest controversy actually be a good thing? Many consider the word "aloof" to have negative connotations, but its actual meaning, used in this passage is, "conspicuously uninvolved and uninterested, typically through distaste."