What comes first: the value you bring to the job… or the raise?
Some people wait for the raise before they start to improve their productivity, solve more challenging problems, take more initiative, and overall add more value to their place of work.
…But what the people at the highest career levels know is that growing into a shark is a much better strategy than waiting like a goldfish for someone to put you into a slightly bigger tank.
It’s ironic… the people you spend time with who make time go by the fastest… are the ones you should continue to invest in.
Not because you want your days, weeks, months, years, life to fly by… but, because “flying by” is one of the surest signs we have of time well spent.
If you have to turn right on red at a light where you’re not allowed to turn right on red… and you know that but you choose to risk it anyway… You’re too busy.
…And not even in schedule. I’m talking about in mind.
P.s. Yesterday I sent out the final post (for now) of my Bosnia reflection series. You can read all 12 reflections here.
What do you think is more important in life: money or happiness?
Of course, the two don’t need to be mutually exclusive, but think about this:
Most of us block 40ish hours of our week, every week, to money.
…How many hours do we (you) block for happiness?
Spend a little time each day helping people while you still can…
It’s one of the best ways to ensure that when you need help, you’ll have people who not only can…
But want to and will.
Want to get to know yourself?
Pay attention to what you envy.
And once you start to understand what that is…
Understand that it probably isn’t that.
What you’re probably after are the feelings that having that thing evokes.
And once you understand that…
You can begin the real inner work of evoking those feelings without needing the thing(s) at all.
Resist the temptation to believe you’ll be around for a while.
For buried beneath that idea are the invaluable treasures of your life that you’ll always have thought you’d have more time to excavate.
…You’ll never have enough time to excavate them all. Better not waste any time and unearth all that you can.
…While you’re still here and know that you still can.
P.s. In case you missed it, you can read the best of what I posted to MoveMe Quotes last week, here.