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In the previous chapter we discussed our financial paradigm. A good financial paradigm starts with your understanding that you must have a positive attitude about money, yourself, and your potential. Recognize that people who have money have earned it and you must also earn it. Your hard work must be properly invested and the monetary fruits must also be invested. When compounded it is a powerful force. This subject matter may seem distant from the traditional money management education which is disappointing because our paradigm is fundamental to sound money management.
The subject of this chapter is intimately tied to the paradigm we have discussed previously though its influences reach far deeper into our soul. Part of the proper financial paradigm is truly believing you can accomplish anything and that you accomplish was earned. This is part of your self esteem. The greatest asset of any company is its employees because confident people have the industry to do magnificent things.
You must come to truly believe that you can do anything you want and are worth every penny (plus more) that comes to you. Self esteem is one of the fundamental principles which drives financial success. It drives us to demand more of ourselves. It drives to perform beyond expectations. It encourages us to not compromise; and it is these quantifiable manifestations of our self esteem that are recognized and rewarded by others. As your self esteem grows, you will experience frustration in the realization that you can never be paid what you are worth working for someone else. That is a fact of successful business. Your return on investment must be greater than 1 or you will be out of business. The company employs people to do work so that the company makes money. To truly be paid what you are worth there can be no boundaries to your pay.
Removing the boundaries is done by:
Becoming the boss. rise to the level of decision maker. Negotiate a pay based on performance, not a fixed rate.
Become Self Employed. Self employment can be the ultimate ride or self realization, because when you are self employed, you are being paid solely on your own merits.
Start something on the side. Create something in your life that you do have control over. A second job (not one with a salary or hourly rate), establish an investment fund that you actively manage. It does not matter much what it is provided the return is based on your performance.
Each of these things will allow you to break the boundaries of your job and do something more. By so doing, you will reverse the destruction of self esteem that can occur in the work force, into a cycle that feeds on itself for the better. There will be a point when everything just seems to be going your way. But it is not really going your way as you are making it come your way.
Realize what you can do today! and start building the financial future that is waiting for you.
The next chapter: Chapter 5 - Work is an investment, choose wisely and diversify!, we discuss the role of work in developing wealth. Click Here to continue.
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