“When you do more than you’re paid for, eventually you’ll be paid for more than you do” —ZigZiglar
In today’s fast-paced and highly competitive world, simply meeting the minimum requirements of your job description may no longer be enough to thrive and succeed. When you are too irritated to take up responsibilities that are not in your job description, you will always short-circuit your ability to grow and expand beyond your current role.
We often hear excuses like: ‘It wasn’t in my job description’, ‘Nobody told me I was going to do that’, ‘I don’t have the skill set for that one’. A job description should be a guide and not a destination! Most times, the problems that God has called us to solve will require a set of skills and experiences that are way beyond our present roles and job descriptions.
One of my mentees asked this question some years ago: ,“Please sir, in the three years that I have worked at this company, my job responsibilities have grown, but I am not getting compensated for them financially. How do I handle this?” My reply is this: One of the best benefits in your place of…
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