Become an A Player Again | JobSearchTV.com
Jeff Altman, The Big Game Hunter tries to discourage you from taking it easy and encourage you to become an A player again.
I don’t know how it happens but there was a point for most of us in the US where we start thinking about getting along and being average rather than being extraordinary. You hear the words, “Take it easy,” enough times that I think it has an influence. I think there is a part of us that doesn’t want to stand out
because, at least for some people, they think they’ll be chopped down at the knees by the other people and, on the other side, there is a part that basically says, “Maybe I’m not good enough.”
I’m not going to be a therapist here. What I want to say is start thinking differently. Think about becoming an “A” performer, not the average performer. Average performers get paid average money. Exceptional performers are the ones that develop the habit of being extraordinary, whether it’s with the firm that you’re working for now or the next firm that you go to. They pick up on your ability to be extraordinary. They seek out being the best and firms want to pay you for.
Stop being average. Go back to really pushing yourself. After all, I would say to you many times over the next few months,… At the end of the day, you want to be paid like a top performer. You don’t want to be paid an average wage do you? The way to be paid more is to be extraordinary and to create more value for yourself and your work.
If your firm doesn’t want to compensate you for it, I’m sure that there is another firm that will. But it all starts with you. It starts with your attitude. It starts with your effort. It starts with you trying to be the best, instead of being just 1 of the pack.
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ABOUT JEFF ALTMAN, THE BIG GAME HUNTER
Jeff Altman, The Big Game Hunter is a coach who worked as a recruiter for what seems like one hundred years. He is hired to provide No BS Career Advice globally. That can involve job search, hiring staff, management, leadership, career transition and advice about resolving workplace issues. Schedule a discovery call at my website, www.TheBigGameHunter.us
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