When I hear people say that they can't find a job, or they don't have anything to do, I confess that I just don't get it. It's probably my fault, not theirs, but these days I am absolutely swamped. There literally are not enough hours in the day to do everything I need/want to do, the money-making ideas come thick and fast, I barely have time to make a quick list of tasks and, on top of everything else, I own one of the absolute coolest things in the world that I need to find time to use!
But this morning it dawned on me that all of my life I have been happiest when I was being paid for my results, not my time. That's probably why I was Salesman of the Year three times with two different companies (commission sales, being paid for what I did, not how long I spent doing it), and National Employee of the Year (for my job description) one year (they gave me a cruise for that). Even though I was being paid a salary on that last one, I still wanted to be paid for results above and beyond my job description, and I achieved that.
When was I most miserable? When being paid for my time, X numbers of dollars for Y amount of time. I had not actually realized all of this until now, but it explains why I am so thrilled about the direction of my life now. I simply can't wait for what happens next, or the achievements yet to come.
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