Fire Your Boss: Work For YOU Instead
Have you ever wanted to fire your boss? I've never known anybody
who didn't want to at least once a year. I've worked with lots
of people who wanted to once a day!
I believe you SHOULD fire your boss. That doesn't mean quitting
your job.
You have a choice in your work life. You can work for you, or
you can work only to make somebody else rich. I recommend the
first one.
No matter who signs your paycheck, you can work for you. All
that means is using your work effort to produce a better
lifestyle for your family. In my opinion, that means financial
wealth (at least relative to where you are now) and abundant
time to spend with those you love.
Sounds good, doesn't it? The bad news is that remarkably few
employees do it. The good news is that anybody can, and it's not
hard. You simply have to shift the way you think.
Don't think like an employee, who shows up, collects a paycheck
and depends on his employer's benevolence to keep getting paid.
That makes you a prisoner of your boss and your job.
Instead, think like an owner. Go to work everyday and do your
best to find ways to increase company profits. Look for ways to
reduce costs or increase revenue. Those profit improvement
possibilities are literally everywhere, but few employees bother
to look.
If you find great ways to increase profit, that will help your
boss tremendously. Your boss and his bosses might be too
frazzled with the day-to-day grind to see all of the
possibilities themselves. Help them out! Believe it or not, that
will help you.
Those profit improvement ideas, if you present them well to the
right people at the right time, might just get you a raise, or
promoted. Those ideas also can help you build a killer resume.
A steady track record of improving profits sells like hotcakes.
A few bullet points like that on your resume will make your job
prospects a lot brighter, and open doors you didn't even know
were there.
So, when you go into work tomorrow, start thinking and acting
like an owner. Look for ways to improve profit. Make that your
mission. That's how you work for you, without quitting your job.
Copyright (c) 2005 by Roy Miller