One of the members of the 48 Days Eagles group posted a quote today which prompted some ideas I’d like to share.

“Our time is not for sale.”

Brene Brown, Dare to Lead

Two points I’d like to make:

Number one – being compensated for our time is a dreadful, soul-sucking way to make a living, a remnant of days long past, days spent mindlessly working as a cog in the machine that was factory work.

What is more satisfying than getting paid for results that you create or for thoroughly completing a job? Would you rather show up, punch the clock, and work half-heartedly through a mind-numbing shift where the minutes, not the work, are the only thing that matter for your compensation?

Why not instead go solve a problem? Find something that needs solving and do it, then get paid for it. Then go solve another problem and get paid for that, too.

Number two – our time is the most precious commodity each of us own, and therefore it cannot be squandered away. We are here for the blink of an eye – this time cannot be wasted staring at a clock or wasting away in front of a screen; it must be spent wisely. We are each here for a specific purpose, and we’ve been given a limited amount of time to fulfill that purpose. Don’t waste this precious gift.

Go find an interesting problem, try to solve it, get paid, and then do it again.