Comments on: Having Trouble Getting Paid What You’re Worth? http://asherlew.com/2006/10/13/getting-paid-what-youre-worth/ A passion for personal development, leadership, and life transformation Thu, 11 Mar 2010 03:17:38 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.4 by: michelle http://asherlew.com/2006/10/13/getting-paid-what-youre-worth/#comment-4319 Tue, 08 Dec 2009 03:18:24 +0000 http://asherlew.com/2006/10/13/getting-paid-what-youre-worth/#comment-4319 i just discovered your site, and i must say, "i love it"! very thought-provoking. i will bookmark it and keep reaping from your words of wisdom!! i just discovered your site, and i must say, “i love it”! very thought-provoking. i will bookmark it and keep reaping from your words of wisdom!!

]]> by: asherlew http://asherlew.com/2006/10/13/getting-paid-what-youre-worth/#comment-16 Fri, 13 Oct 2006 23:38:18 +0000 http://asherlew.com/2006/10/13/getting-paid-what-youre-worth/#comment-16 Thanks for the additional thoughts regarding teachers, Nicole. I will say, however, that while financial gain is definitely limited in "public service", as I watch my wife's teaching career develop, she has already been given many wonderful opportunities and rewards that have been birthed from her passion for teaching and serving (grants to travel overseas, scholarships to receive her masters, overly generous honorariums for facilitating other trainings for teachers, etc.). I guess the point is exactly what you shared in your post ... "wealth creation is not a zero sum game". Good luck with your next masterpiece! Thanks for the additional thoughts regarding teachers, Nicole.

I will say, however, that while financial gain is definitely limited in “public service”, as I watch my wife’s teaching career develop, she has already been given many wonderful opportunities and rewards that have been birthed from her passion for teaching and serving (grants to travel overseas, scholarships to receive her masters, overly generous honorariums for facilitating other trainings for teachers, etc.).

I guess the point is exactly what you shared in your post … “wealth creation is not a zero sum game”.

Good luck with your next masterpiece!

]]> by: Nicole http://asherlew.com/2006/10/13/getting-paid-what-youre-worth/#comment-15 Fri, 13 Oct 2006 21:57:28 +0000 http://asherlew.com/2006/10/13/getting-paid-what-youre-worth/#comment-15 Another point to make is that public school teachers (and soldiers, in a way) are mired in system which isn't built to reward their talents or efforts. Math and science teachers are in high demand, but because public education isn't a free market, those high-demand teachers aren't properly awarded monetarily or otherwise. Excellent, impactful teachers can't be rewarded in this system either. In a sense, there's no system in place reward their extrinsic value, even if we want to. Sure we can pass bonds and raise salaries across the board, but how often does that happen? And how often do we defeat such bills because we know a large chunk will be lost to the inefficient system in which the education system exists? <blockquote>And if you are feeling slighted by the “lifestyles of the rich and famous”, it’s not that they place too much value on money and possessions … it’s that you do. Don’t you see that YOU are the one that generates their wealth?</blockquote> Exactly! And that same person would probably be aghast if you suggested they should boycott NFL games if they feel so strongly about the salary disparity. (And thanks for the link!) Another point to make is that public school teachers (and soldiers, in a way) are mired in system which isn’t built to reward their talents or efforts. Math and science teachers are in high demand, but because public education isn’t a free market, those high-demand teachers aren’t properly awarded monetarily or otherwise. Excellent, impactful teachers can’t be rewarded in this system either. In a sense, there’s no system in place reward their extrinsic value, even if we want to. Sure we can pass bonds and raise salaries across the board, but how often does that happen? And how often do we defeat such bills because we know a large chunk will be lost to the inefficient system in which the education system exists?

And if you are feeling slighted by the “lifestyles of the rich and famous”, it’s not that they place too much value on money and possessions … it’s that you do. Don’t you see that YOU are the one that generates their wealth?

Exactly! And that same person would probably be aghast if you suggested they should boycott NFL games if they feel so strongly about the salary disparity.

(And thanks for the link!)

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