No One Can Afford You!
Reflection on my own behavior and attitude toward my work has led me to the following insights. I feel that they are helpful and should be shared with others.
When a person has a job, he or she can never be paid what they are truly worth, if they are truly worth being paid for the job.
For example: If you have a job that pays you $30,000 per year, work like you are being paid $60,000 and you'll never have to worry about losing your job.
Most people will work like they are not paid enough for what they do. That's the wrong attitude, because, if it's true that we can never truly be paid what we're worth, then no one can complain about not being paid enough.
We should be so good at whatever we do that no one can afford us, if they had to pay what we're worth.
On the other hand, if you're not being paid at least one half of what you're worth, which is double what the job should be able to fairly pay, then you need to find a new job or ask for a raise. The sad fact is that most people ask for a raise when they are only doing the amount of work they are being paid for rather than giving more than their job pays them to do.
I truly believe that Jesus agrees with me. As Paul says, “Do everything as if you’re doing it for God, and not for man” (Colossians 3:23).
Those are my thoughts. Enjoy.
In His dust,
Johnny
6 comments:
Dang...who do I talk to about getting a raise?
I've gotta be worth a billion and haven't seen a paycheck since August 2005....what gives???
haha.
You've been listening to more Jim Rohn, haven't you?!?! :)
"Work harder on yourself than you do at your job" ... the funny thing about this is that when YOU are better, YOU will be better and have more to bring to your job. So, without even meaning to, you are working harder at your job.
Good thoughts, Johnny. Thank you.
Too many of us use our jobs to give us fulfillment in life. When our lives are fulfilled by those things that are enternally important, then our jobs, our parenting, our marriages, our investments, and every other part of life is better tended to.
Grace and peace,
Johnny
How true!
I was just listening to something that related to this earlier today ... I heard Stephen Covey talking about the example of taking a glass jar, and filling it up with rocks (in this case, those eternally important things) first, then fitting in sand, pebbles, and water (all the other "stuff" of our lives) around them. If we do it any other way, chances are we won't be able to fit the more important things in, and we'll be able to fit in less on the whole.
It's probably an overused analogy, but it's such a good one!
Good stuff.
Krista
so. what do you do when you are being paid 30,000, working like you're being paid 130,000, and are treated like your worth 15,000?
Find a new job or ask for a raise.
Grace and peace,
Johnny
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