The delightful idea of making a lot of money is often a common dream. Most humans anticipate having their life earnings come as a result of working at a job or in a career. The general idea is to start somewhere and earn more money through increases and promotions. Workers expect raises each year and promotions should really only occur when a new challenge will benefit the person selected by advancing their career and advancing the work of the company. But a lot of promotions occur because someone has been on the job the longest.
Most people will not become rich through their work, and oddly, their bills will closely match their income, even when their pay increases. They create their own income comfort level.
Learning early on in a career will almost always boost the earnings level faster. That means that working to learn more must be considered as important as working to earn. This is a different process than we have been taught or modeled by employers. What is best for your company, who pays you, might not always be best for your pocket. Tension is normal between what you make in income and the profit you create for your employer. We aren’t taught to measure what we create at work in comparison to its value.
Our brains are our greatest gift but aren’t always selectively challenged enough to prompt real growth. Our brains are our own business to grow. Investing in your brain is not your employer’s job unless they will reap some reward. But the power of your brain is your investment in your future earnings and your path to see past your paycheck. All yours.
Granted, it is more comfortable not to challenge yourself and just use your income to stay in your social equity zone. It is the most common money path. Those who want to combat this thought get second jobs or create their own secondary stream of income. Working on these side hustles allows the freedom to dream and work past the expectations set for them. They don’t accept that working for a regular paycheck is the only way for them to use their beautiful brainpower or create their own destinies.
These thinkers empower themselves, and even if they fail at multiple endeavors in these pursuits, something beneficial is learned every time. They create their own growth by doing the hard stuff. When they are able to benefit from these try and fail schemes, they feel the unbelievable accomplishment of creation. All on their own.
If you are promoted into a position that you can already do, how does that reward you long term? What are you doing to challenge yourself now to reward yourself later? Can you release yourself from your comfort level long enough to check out a new idea?
