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Did you ever noticed how you rent your life out? You work a job and you do well but it is never enough. Not because you are doing a bad job. Not because you are not doing more than expected.
It is never enough because people feel you are not giving them enough of your time. They feel you are not working the 40, 20, 15, etc hours they want from you. They want your time.
The problem is I can give you my time but is it worth it? How many times have you pretended you were busy at work when really you were on Facebook or even reading this blog? When you want people’s time, you might get it but doesn’t mean you are really getting all their talent, strengths and productivity.
I am tired of renting my life to others. My time, is my life. I can never get more time back. When I give it to you, I am giving you away part of my life.
Is it easy to free yourself from renting your time? YES! Stop counting the hours and time you put into work. You must start by letting go of renting your time FIRST. Start pointing out what you do, the results you produce and what you bring to the table.
People pay me for my services and not my time. I bring my services to you and produce results. I might do it some weeks in less hours or sometimes in more hours. It doesn’t matter. But you pay me for my results and not my time.
My time is mine.
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Comments
10.20.09
In the immortal words of my software engineering mentor, a brilliant scientist, engineer, and businessman in his own right, who said to the CEO, "You can have it good, fast or cheap. Pick 2, no exceptions."
10.20.09
I totally relate to this post. I constantly feel like time is being taken from me, because there is little understanding at senior levels of what people are doing and how they can be most productive. They just want a body in the seat, so that someone is always around for random menial tasks.
Great post!
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