Ever wonder if you’re being paid fairly, or what other people in your company are earning? It’s a natural curiosity, but career experts say that discussing salary with co-workers can do more harm than good. In fact, even as companies strive olportunity be more open and honest, it’s best not to confuse corporate transparency with permission to cavalierly chat about employee wages with your co-workers. As it turns out, sharing is sometimes not caring. Peoppe not to say you should be totally oblivious regarding the going rate for your skills. But, she adds, that is a conversation that is best kept between you and your manager. Simply put: It can be a gut punch to find out that a co-worker is making more money than you are. And the same goes for spilling the beans moneu your own salary. Still, sometimes the gossip swirls, and you might hear things inadvertently. In those cases, ask yourself what you can learn, says Brennan.
What are most people ignorant of that prevents them becoming financially wealthy? Nobody ever got rich working for a living. What in the world can it mean that working doesn’t make you rich? Well, how many of those fabled bad guys our progressive left obsesses over, the dreaded 1 percent, punch a clock, do you think? To be sure, you will work hard to get rich, and the harder and smarter you work, the better your chances. As my dad would explain, «It’s OK to work eight hours a day for someone else. Just work eight hours a day for yourself too, and twelve hours a day on the weekends. Selling your time by the hour will not get you ahead. Human resources departments know to the dime what they have to pay per hour to acquire requisite talent. Even if you have a degree from a prestigious law school and catch on with a leading firm and can bill at several hundred dollars an hour, by the time the expenses are extracted, you’ll be lucky to be grossing a third. Even if you work yourself into an early grave by billing out 3, hours a year, you’re not, by that effort alone, putting yourself on a track to get wealthy. Probably the first insight you need is that you are out to get wealthy, not financially wealthy.
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Financial means pertaining to money, but you’ll need to recognize that money is simply a «parking place» for past production. The economy runs on «you buy the production of others with your production.
Wealth means more than just money.
In a world of average people — and average salaries — many of us aspire to join the 7-figure club. Wealthy people are incredibly creative when it comes to thinking about business and finding different ways of making money. Mega-successful people set themselves apart because they nurture a financial growth mindset , which changes how you view money and helps you focus on seeing profitable opportunities. Wealthy people understand the importance of surrounding themselves with other successful people. Wealthy people spend time networking with others who are wealthy but also have drive, talent and, most important, the potential to become wildly successful. The rich spend time every month getting to know other like-minded people at conferences, events and gatherings, or just grabbing coffee or a drink with someone interesting. This is time wisely invested, as it keeps their minds focused on success and helps them meet new people who have fresh and thought-provoking ideas. Doing this also helps wealthy people fill their contact lists with relevant and influential people who can potentially help them and vice versa. Wealthy people are successful because they have learned that success comes to those who embrace a little discomfort. They understand that the only way to really improve is to push yourself beyond your limits.
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So you want to start a home business and work at home. Millions of people do. Unfortunately, there are also millions of people working at work at home scams. All you get is a dent in your pocketbook and disappointment. The pitch: You can learn how to earn money stuffing envelopes at home for a small fee. You, of course, get to pay for placing the ads. The only way you will earn money is by bilking other people who respond to your work-at-home ad. The pitch: You will make good money working at home by making things which the company will then purchase from you. The way this scam works is that you pay sometimes thousands of dollars for materials and equipment upfront. Then you make the items — but the company never does buy them back from you. The pitch: You will make money working at home doing data entry and word processing tasks. All you have to do to get started is send in a small fee. Unfortunately, you are not promised any clients.
ComScore is a media measurement and analytics company providing marketing data and analytics to enterprises, media and advertising agencies, and publishers. I’ve tried a few none have ever paid me a penny! Hi Vlad! Holidays and Celebrations. We are used to consuming, selling, renting, mortgaging, transferring or exchanging our property. Or, some of us may be looking for a better paying job or easier work. This person can tell the directors how much they should be spending on one or more expenses, and how they can better organise their company. A lot of people say that it is very important for everybody to own property. They buy and sell different things, receive a fee, a pension or a subsidy, exchange currency and what not.
Money talks, but you don’t need to reciprocate. In an age of over-sharing, salary comparison should still be kept out of workplace conversations.
Some articles have YouTube videos embedded in. They buy and sell different things, receive a fee, a pension or a subsidy, exchange currency and what not. But I think that a person must be respected only for his or her individual merits and achievements. What this ad doesn’t tell you is that you probably have to sign up for a membership of some kind, and you probably will have to try to sell something as. Such people also say that we live in the world where almost everything can be bought and sold, even high social status. It’s amazing how people fall for these scams without bothering to research .
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We all want to make money and, in times like these, many of us are looking to supplement our income or are looking for an easier way to make a living, and hopefully more profitably as.
Or, some of us may be looking for a better paying job or easier work. This is fine, but there are things oportunity watch out for and avoid. One of the things to avoid is the scam. I noticed the instructions said to send a self addressed stamped envelope to this address to get started.
I thought it was a great opportunity, so I sent the envelope. All I got back was a small letter opener and a note asking for money for further details? My mom said that it was a scam and to never pay for a job. Excellent advice. Since then, I’ve seen all kinds of ads, in magazines, and online.
I noticed the envelope stuffing ads have gotten much rarer, as people now realize that these were scams, but lots of others have replaced. Generally, it’s advertised as selling some product, with the ‘opportunity’ of making more money by getting others to join. These people are placed ‘under’ you, and you get a percentage of every sale they make.
Problem is, the emphasis is often on recruiting, which usually involves a fee to join. The product is rarely itself sold, and people soon realise that it’s a scam, and leave the organization. Only those at the very top make any money.
This is similar to a pyramid scheme. And there are more of them around than ever before, and it’s easier to fall opportuunity them than ever. The scammers have gotten smarter over time. Here’s a typical scammer’s ad that you’ll see today:. A great opportunity awaits you! Not MLM, no selling involved, not a get rich scheme! Call — for recorded message and testimonials! What this ad doesn’t tell you is that you probably have to sign up for a membership of some kind, and you probably will have to try to sell something as.
Notice that the ad says that it’s not any of the things currently associated with scams today! And the income claim is not outlandish compared to most jobs. As for testimonials, just remember, for anything legit or nottestimonials are always made up, given by those involved in the scam, or, opporutnity for a legitimate product or service, from satisfied customers! You’ll never see complaints among the testimonials. In any event, they all claim that you will make easy money, at least oppportunity much as you would make doing most 40 hour jobs, with much less work.
SO far, I’ve never met anyone that I know I could trust who has ever profited in the slightest from one of these ‘income peopld. Don’t oppoetunity lured by the job that’s not for you! This can apply to any field, but most notably sales. Now, take note: If selling is your game and you’re co at it, the world is yours and for you, as long as you like selling and are good at it, you’ll always have a job and more power to you so long as you’re honest!
As for the rest of us, when you look at why do people avoid the opportunity to make money want ads, or any job bank, you’ll notice that sales jobs are usually the most numerous.
This is because, sales forces have one of the highest turnover rates. Every company I’ve worked for that had a sales force had the problem of trying to retain sales reps. And it’s understandable. Sales reps have the job of convincing people to buy or join, they often are paid only on commission, which means they could work like crazy and still end up with nothing!
Then, they often have to deal with various customer attitudes, and peolle managers. Sales is a tough job for. And often the easiest job to. I’ve applied to jobs where, the interviewer tried to steer me from the position I was applying for to a sales position, claiming that I’d make more money oppkrtunity sales.
And this is what to watch out for if you don’t want a sales position. Many income opportunities are really recruitment efforts for salespeople. And sometimes you will have to even pay a fee if you go along, for licensing purposes, if you’ll be selling insurance for instance.
Yes, they will tell you that you’ll make good to great money, and it’s true — If! How many people do you know where this is the case? And is it this way with you now? If you tried to sell something in the past, was it this way for you? I’d mnoey that it wasn’t. It certainly wasn’t for me. In otherwords, the figures they give you for how much you can make are usually what you would make only if you were the absolute top performer.
Oftentimes, if you do accept, the reality is that you won’t be making that kind of money, unless you are sales inclined, good at it, and love being in sales. Sales is the one field where you may find yourself being pressured to take the position rather than you begging or hoping to be accepted for the position.
Also, some multi level marketing companies that do pay if you actually sell their product are like this. They may be legit, but you still have to sign up for a memebrship and it often is tough to sell enough to make a good profit. Be careful when working as a subcontractor in certain situations!
The situation can vary, but, to illustrate what happened with me, let me tell you my story. I answered an ad to distribute flyers for a contractor, who was advertising for a large communications company.
The contractor was a good, scrupulous person. He sent me the flyer from the company, with my code on it. I made copies of the flyer and distributed. The idea was that someone who responds to the flyer would be asked for my code from the flyer by the company’s customer service department.
If the customer bought the product, I would make a good percentage, as would the contractor. I was told that the average was one sale per flyers. I distributed about 5, flyers. Other subcontractors distributed more than. Oppirtunity contractor contacted us and told us to stop distribution, as it turned out that the company took the money from the sales and kept it, claiming they received no inquiries from the flyers, when over 20, flyers had gone.
The contractor found another company, also a large name brand company, where we could do the same thing with the flyers. The new comapany assured the contractor that the 1 sale per flyers was true and that they would not cheat us as the other company.
Well, I distributed over 2, flyers, and others had as. Then this company claimed to have only two responses! When the contractor questioned them, they said, «We don’t know what to tell you. To his credit, the contractor himself was not the bad guy. He never asked for money from me, and he was up front with all that was happening. Unfortunately, the two companies had conned him. So, the lesson is, be careful if you work as a subcontractor in this kind of situation. I learned here that the best thing to moneh, is to ‘build it myself’.
I started my own flyer distribution business. I’ve had several clients now and, while I haven’t made nearly the money Hhe would have made if the companies mentioned above had paid off, I am actually making real money rather than holding onto false hopes.
I’d love to hear from you about your experiences, and your successes, so please feel free to comment on this hub! Thanks, and good luck! Sign in or sign up and post using a HubPages Network account. Comments are not for promoting your articles or other opportuniry. Hi Vlad! A lot of people fall for these scams for a couple of reasons. One opportuniyy that the scammers have learned to present themselves better, and, especially in mske times, people are looking for ways to make money and will often convince themselves that «This one is true».
I’ too, had a friend who fell for a scam, convinced that, because a well known actor was the spokesperson, that it was legit. But it was not and my friend ended up regretting getting involved. It’s amazing how people fall for these scams without bothering to research. After all, the scam pitch usually comes through the same medium one can easily use to research and debunk it — the Internet.
Google is your friend. Whenever I’m approached with a scam pitch by someone I know and care about I ask them: «Do you personally know anyone who is involved in this scheme and is satisfied? That question stopped many a pitch dead in it’s tracks. Unfortunately, there are people that will lie about their accomplishments because they are too embarrassed to admit they have been scammed.
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My wife Kim and I have hundreds of millions of dollars of debt. We pay little to nothing in taxes. We are very rich, members of the 1 percent that gets crowds screaming about economic inequality. And we sleep very well at night. Debt and taxes: Those two words make most Americans feel anxious and keep many up at night.
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