Profitable Decision Tip: Provide Real "Added" Value

If you’re employed by someone else (… and, we all are to some extent), I encourage you to make a decision to first excel at all the things you were hired to do. After you become excellent at what you were hired to do, find new ways to be of additional value to your employer and excel at those things too. This sounds simple, but it is rarely done.

Employers regularly complain that far too many of their employees try to compensate for or excuse their mediocre or substandard performance by doing things that were not asked of them. While these "extras" are appreciated on some level, they are not as valued when the person is not excelling at what they were hired to do.

It seems to be a far too common scenario that employees without a Wealth Mentality® do less than what they were hired to do or do a poor job at what they claimed they could do well when they were hired. Yet, they still expect to receive full compensation. Think about it. If you hired someone to mow your lawn and trim your bushes in return for a certain amount of money, would you pay them the full amount if they only mowed your lawn? Would you pay them the full amount if they trimmed your bushes in such an obviously substandard way that it required you or someone else you hired to complete the job properly? Most people would say that full compensation is not warranted in these situations. Yet, for some unexplainable reason, they don’t believe the same principles should extend to the workplace.

BOTTOM LINE: If you really want to be valued, do everything you were hired to do and do it well. It is only then that the "extras" really are extras. Also, get whatever training you need to be the best at what you do, even if it is at your own expense. The skill and habit of doing excellent work will be an asset to you in any job or business.

To arrange for Sherrin to come and speak to your group, visit http://www.sherrin.com/.