This article highlights a potential blind spot some \u00a0employees have, so they can eliminate it. Doing so will enable them give more value to their employers, while becoming better prepared for life outside the security of paid employment at the same time.<\/p>\n
Employees Don\u2019t Earn Money \u2013 They Receive Handouts<\/strong><\/p>\n It is not my intention to offend anyone who earns a salary.<\/p>\n However, the truth \u2013 which can be quite bitter \u2013 needs to be told.<\/strong><\/p>\n In the real world (also known as the \"UHK\" i.e. \"University of Hard Knocks\"), you will rarely get paid 100%, UNTIL you\u2019ve given 100% (or more) of the product or service you promised a buyer or client.<\/em><\/p>\n They go to work all through a month putting in the barest minimum of effort each day. At the end of the month, they still have their full salaries deposited in their bank accounts. As long as they are not absent, they get the full day's pay - even if all they do is push files around and chat, or gossip!<\/p>\n Think about it for a minute, and you\u2019ll realize this is true. Some of us are (or have even been) guilty of doing it!<\/strong><\/p>\n People who have this habit often rest secure in the knowledge that come rain or sun, their salaries will be paid.<\/p>\n And it often happens that way. In many companies, for as long as you remain on the payroll, you will be paid in full<\/strong> - even if you perform poorly or averagely (especially with the union<\/strong> there to \u201cfight for workers\u201d).<\/p>\n That\u2019s why Robert says that salary earners do not \u201cearn\u201d money - instead they actually receive \u201chandouts\u201d.<\/p>\n In one of his books, the late Zig Ziglar made a similar observation. He noted that some people go to work each day without doing anything differently from the day before.<\/p>\n As a result, five years down the line, instead of having five years\u2019 experience, all they really end up with, is one year\u2019s experience repeated over a five year period!<\/p>\n That is indeed - as he put it - A FACT. <\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n The irony is that many find it easy to close their eyes to the FACT that they are asking to be retained, or even paid more - or promoted - despite not adding any extra VALUE to their jobs!<\/p>\n The only time they change their reasoning in this regard, is when they start their own businesses, and their own employees make similar demands of them.<\/p>\n Only THEN does it dawn on them that such employees' requests are unrealistic.<\/p>\n Figures!<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~<\/p>\n \u201cAfter listening to each of my subordinates give me a self-appraisal of their performance, I have come to the conclusion that I have only three types of people working for me - Stars, All Stars and Superstars!\u201d - Gunther Brink<\/em><\/p>\n ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\nBut, as Robert Kiyosaki observed, some people in paid employment today continue to demand to be paid more for doing less work!<\/h3>\n
Zig Ziglar Expressed A Similar Sentiment About Persons In Paid Employment <\/strong><\/h3>\n
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That Attitude Can Lead to Failure in the Real World (i.e. Post Paid Employment)<\/strong><\/h3>\n