How To Never Make More Than Ten Dollars An Hour
Published: Tue, 02/21/12
A while back I saw a post in my Facebook
newsfeed. It had something to do with the
merits of a job as a babysitter.
Being a guy who used to use them for
my kids, I appreciate the value of
a good babysitter. Someone who kept
our kids safe and entertained.
And that value? About four or five bucks
an hour, at least back in the old days!
So I responded...that's what the market will
pay...eight dollars an hour, give or take.
(I adjusted for inflation.)
Boy, was I corrected quickly! It's all the way
up to ten bucks an hour!
Here's my take on it: it's great money...
if you're a teenager, or someone who
can take that ten dollars an hour and feel
like the richest kid on the block.
For someone who wants to live life
abundantly, with the liberty and choices
that money brings...what's the difference?
It never occurred to the people jumping
up and down on me about the two dollar
difference, that their MINDSET was off.
Well, it wasn't "wrong." But their thoughts
and emotions about money and what they were
worth were locking them into an income
limit of ten dollars an hour.
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Here's my question to you...
What are your thoughts and feelings
locking you into?
Where is your mental and emotional ceiling on...
*Money?
* Love?
* Security?
* Health?
You may not know the answer to that question,
but I promise...you have one.
If you believe it's possible to receive more than you
have now...
If you believe you are worth more than you're
living now...
If you're willing to start on something good,
for a really small investment.
(Less than an evening's worth of babysitting wages)
Pick up a copy of HOW TO RECEIVE.
If not, that's fine. Everyone gets to live their life
however they want, as long as they aren't hurting
someone else.
But no belly aching about what you don't have,
at least not to me.
And no complaining about the economy or the
job market.
Because believe it or not, when you learn
HOW TO RECEIVE, you begin to create
your own economy around you.
Tag....You're It!
Your Pal,
Larry Hochman
P.S. Know why babysitters - even
good ones - don't get more than ten
bucks an hour (usually)? Supply and demand.
If your sitter leaves, there are usually
plenty of others to replace her (or him).
You are paid based on your leverage
and your value in the marketplace.
Mostly you are paid on what YOU believe
your worth is.
Because you will make a thousand big
small choices that will determine how
others respond to you...
...and how much value you bring to them...
...and how much money (and other good stuff)
you'll receive.
Decide if you want to receive more,
by letting more of yourself come out to play!