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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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JM
on 19 Oct 2009 at 2:11 pm #
That’s a very good perspective and it makes me think a lot. We devote a good portion of our lives to renting out to other people so we need to start to see it for how valuable it really is.
Thank you for sharing your wisdom!
Justin
Kahnrad
on 20 Oct 2009 at 5:47 am #
Great perspective! More and more people are starting to realize they are renting their life to someone else’s cause (and profit!) – And you’re definitely right, companies do not care how much time you’ve given, they just want more… and more. – I recently “retired” from corporate America to pursue my own gig, and work for myself, for my own gain, etc. Frightening, yes… Liberating, yes! – Thanks for an awesome post!
thomas
on 23 Oct 2009 at 3:33 pm #
Yes majority of people realize this yet only a tiny number of them do something about it while the rest keep complaining and talking about it.