The Road to Financial Freedom (7)

The previous articles in this series have talked a lot about our real thoughts on wealth, our beliefs and so on. Assuming that we have a positive attitude towards money, how can we get closer to the so-called financial freedom? This article will tell you how to increase your income.

What each of us gets is exactly what we deserve. The so-called no pains, no gains, this is the truth. Don't feel incompetent and say that you have no chance. Your present situation is caused by your previous decision. To put it bluntly, living well is the result of your own efforts; If your life is not good, it is your own fault. It sounds cruel, but it's true. But it's not too late to start. The author introduced us some ways to increase our income.

Show our advantages: We will not be promoted and raised by our boss because we want to be promoted and raised in the company, only because we have contributed to the company and created value for the company. So if you want to appreciate and raise your salary, you have to show your strengths and values to your boss.

We should care about our obligations, not our rights: many people will complain, alas, why do I pay so much for the company? But how much have you really paid for the company? Or maybe your boss didn't see your efforts at all? The company is a big ship, and we are all on it. Only when the ship runs well will we be safe and sound. So think about what you have done for the company before making a request, instead of just focusing on your own interests.

If we want to get 8 hours' salary, we should work 10 hours: because if we are in the same working state as other people in the company, then our year-end performance or reward will always be similar. If you want to get more than others, you naturally need to pay more. Doing a good job can only be said to be worthy of this salary. Only by paying more will your boss notice you. Maybe even if you do this, the return is not much, but the process itself is growing.

Dealing with things without delay: in fact, it is execution, because if you think about it, others may have taken action. Although quick action will make mistakes, it is also a process of quick trial and error. Making mistakes is also a process of long experience. So, if you have an idea, take action. A giant who wants to act.

There is no small thing in the world: in fact, it is to do every small thing well. If every ordinary small thing is done well, it will be extraordinary. So once you decide to do something, go all out and don't be afraid.

Make yourself an indispensable member: increase your core competitiveness. If your value is average in the company, why doesn't the company find someone younger than you, who can work overtime and earn less than you? Without core competitiveness, it is easy to be iterated. Another point is to take the initiative in everything and let everyone know about you, so that they will think of you when something happens. Then this is actually part of your competitiveness. While the iron is hot, you need to be hard. If you want to gain more than others, you must be able to do things better than others and solve problems that others can't solve. So the first thing to do is to become an expert in a certain field, even if you are not an expert, you need to have a skill, because only by doing what others can't do can you be remembered and get more rewards.

Our income is also related to our ability, energy, influence, self-evaluation and creativity. Our ability is actually a professional ability, which depends on our own study, but the environment has a great influence on us. When looking for a job, our technicians always like to find a company with a strong technical atmosphere, because a strong technical atmosphere is also conducive to their own technical upgrading. Therefore, the better the people around us, the better we will be. The so-called power of the circle is this truth. Our energy, we will see many celebrities or successful people sleep little every day and can stay up late. Of course, many of them may be exaggerated, but it is undeniable that those who are relatively successful have good energy. For example, Mr. Li Ka-shing, who is 80 or 90 years old, still insists on getting up early for work every day, which requires a lot of physical strength and energy, so we can only do more things with more energy, so it is also important to exercise at ordinary times. In fact, our influence, like brother StormZhang (a senior in the technical circle but not just about technology, and interested WeChat official accounts can pay attention to him) has also said the importance of enhancing influence, which can also bring a lot of income. Why do stars earn so much money because of their great influence? The advertising fee for endorsing an advertisement may be worth our income for several months, and some advertisements received by Big V may be worth our salary for one month, so the influence is to be made. Self-evaluation is more about knowing yourself, believing in yourself, selling yourself, and preparing for improving your influence. Creativity, the author talks more about how creativity appears. Creativity always appears inadvertently. Many of us don't know what to write when writing articles. In fact, this requires creativity. Many things will happen in life, all of which should be material.

Our wage income is our main source of income, even the only source of income for most of us. How can we expand other sources of income? Is to see things that others can't. Because many people tend to pay attention to what we care about, and the opportunities to increase income are mostly hidden outside the scope of our current affairs.

The author lists four kinds of values that can create opportunities: product value, knowledge value, service value and creation value. The product value can be our own personal app or our own official WeChat account. Brother StormZhang also said that he just made his own products from WeChat official account and knowledge planet, and he also benefited from it. The value of knowledge, I think, is to provide knowledge that others don't know, of course, it can be professional knowledge or cognitive knowledge, the so-called information gap. Don't many official WeChat accounts and knowledge planets do this? Service value and creation value are somewhat similar to the previous values, because providing products and knowledge to others is not a service? Some people have long discovered that the official WeChat account can make money, and the knowledge planet can make money through knowledge. Isn't this their idea? So again, opportunities are always seen by a few people, and if they are seen by most people, they are often not opportunities.

Another is to ask for something in return: we don't need to be so selfless. As Brother StormZhang said, being a knowledge planet on the official account of WeChat is to make money. I think this is understandable, because providing something valuable to everyone will naturally be rewarded. Therefore, when we provide value to others, we should not be embarrassed to ask for something in return. Writing the official WeChat account is for fear that others will say that they dare not praise it and dare not accept advertisements for money. As long as you really provide valuable information, you will naturally make money.

Income does not represent wealth. Income is only the first step to wealth, because income only generates cash flow. Only when we have enough assets can we be considered as having wealth, because assets will work for us. But it is impossible to have wealth without income, so we should keep increasing our income unless the income brought by our assets has exceeded our expenses.

Through this chapter, we will find that excellent people have similar views. We may have seen the above views in more than one place and heard them from more than one person. But after all, it still needs execution, otherwise it will only be like this in the end: I understand the truth, but it is still not good.