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Solutions...with Courtney Anderson! (SwCA)
Episode 191 -
Originally aired 9/16/2014 9:00 AM -
FINANCIAL FIERCENESS! series -
"Be EASY To Work With (or be broke)."
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TALK SHOW EPISODE NOTESOur FINANCIAL FIERCENESS!™ series integrates our financial goals into our development plan for surpassing our goals. We deal with the specific issues we need to explore in order to achieve (and surpass) our financial goals. This episode is, "Be EASY To Work With (or be broke)."
WHAT? What does this episode title mean? 1) You want money. People want to give you money. Why make it hard for them to do so? Consider: One of the challenges that all professionals face is frustration at the self-sabotaging behaviors that some humans implement. The intersection of income and attitude is one of the most difficult for me to personally understand. I have worked as a mentor, coach, corporate trainer, speaker, consultant and attorney with people who lament their income. “I don’t make enough money!” “They don’t pay me what I am worth!” “My business is not doing well!” Their frustration often stems from the fact that people build artificial blockades between their stated goal and their current situation. In other words, the most simple analysis is that the person wants money and someone else wants to give money away (by hiring an employee, purchasing a good or service, etc.). 2) We have all been on the side of the equation when we have money and are doing everything that we can to give it away and we are prevented from doing so. We walk into a store to purchase an item and no one that works there will help us. We walk into a restaurant to purchase food and drink and no one will seat us or serve our table. We desperately need more staff members for our business (we are swamped with more work than we can handle!), yet the applicants are late or don’t show up at all. We have to pay our utility bill but no one will answer the phone when we call to give them money. But, “My boss is an idiot! My customers drive me crazy and complain all the time! That stupid company sucks! Who would want to work there? That place is a dump! It is only a silly part time job!” 3) Remember how you feel when someone makes it hard for you to give them money? (The store that won’t help you buy something, etc.) You are frustrated, feel disrespected and are angry. You will walk out without purchasing if you are able to (take your money elsewhere). You will only grudgingly give “them” your money if there is no other option (e.g., it is the only utility in town). You are angry and as soon as another option is available you will go there with your money because you are sick of how you have been treated. 4) It is the same way with you are on the receiving side of the money transaction. You may get the job if you are the only option available at the time (no one else showed up sober) but as soon as there are other options, you are replaced. No one has to put up with your behavior. That is what organizations learn (businesses, governments, etc.) and this is what individuals have to remember. So, your boss is an idiot? Who cares? So, the job is only part time? Who cares. The boss and time schedule are irrelevant to the the central issue which is someone is giving you money. If you make it easy for them to do so, you will find that doors open up everywhere. Part time jobs lead to full time jobs. Promotions, pay raises, new opportunities abound. 5) The central competitive advantage that you and I have is to be easy to work with. There are people smarter than us who will self-sabotage by being difficult to work with. We are here to happily take the money that they refused (or made it so difficult to give them that it was not worth it). If you are focused on financial independence, then focus on financial independence. The meaningless details (personalities, locations, etc.) don’t matter as you have a specific bigger goal. Take the money. Save the money. Keep on moving forward to surpassing your financial goals. Let other people tell you how “they showed them” and “they will not be bought.” (NOTE: To clarify, we do not engage in illegal or unethical behavior.) We have very strong boundaries and we are not for sale. We do understand that in a competitive financial market/ job market/ commercial market, that we are going to make it so easy to give us money that we will surprise even ourselves with our rapid success! |
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