Get Any Salary…
Summary
- Consider starting below your expected pay grade if it means gaining the opportunity to build a successful track record.
- Accepting a pay cut can be strategic; use it to create a story of impact, which you can later leverage for greater opportunities.
- Focus on the long-term benefits of gaining experience and success stories over a short-term higher salary.
- Once you secure a position that provides the opportunity for success, work hard to excel and make your desired future achievements a current reality.
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How To Take Action
I would suggest starting at a job that may pay less than you want. Don't worry if it's below what you think you should earn. Think about it like this: it's your chance to show what you can do. When you get that job, work really hard. Do a great job so you have a great story about how much you helped.
Use this story later to get a better job or make more money. It's like taking a step back to later jump forward. Here's how we can do it:
- Look for a job where you can make a big difference, even if it pays less at first.
- Say yes to that job and start working there.
- Work hard at that job. Try to do your best every day.
- Keep track of what good things you do at work. This can be how much money you helped the company make or how much you helped your team.
- Once you have a really good story from doing great work, you can use that story to find a better job or ask for more money at your current job.
Doing great work and helping a lot at a job is like planting seeds. You start small, but those seeds grow into something big. If you focus on how much you can help now, you'll get to where you want to be later. It's a smart plan because it builds success that lasts a long time, not just something quick that goes away.
Quotes by Alex Hormozi
"name your own price by having a track record of success"
– Alex Hormozi
"the first degree is getting the opportunity to have that success"
– Alex Hormozi
"you might have to start below your quote pay grade"
– Alex Hormozi
"I would take a big pay cut so that I could get the story of how much impact I made"
– Alex Hormozi
"leverage the story into the much bigger thing later rather than trying to get an extra 10 or 20% at this job"
– Alex Hormozi
Full Transcript
name your own price by having a track record of success the first degree is getting the opportunity to have that success which means you might have to start below your quote pay grade only so that you can have the opportunity so if it were me I would take a big pay cut so that I could get the story of how much impact I made and then leverage the story Into the much bigger thing later rather than trying to get an extra 10 or 20% at this job that won't give me that opportunity once I have the opportunity that place that's when I crank on my volume so that I can make the fact that I want to say in the future true today
