I want to grow,
but no one gives me
an opportunity
People who hold mediocre or small job
positions usually complain there’s no
space for growth in the company or no
opportunity for them to occupy higher
positions.
More often than not, this is a wrong idea.
Yes, it is true that in any firm or institution
nepotism, politics and corruption may
occur. But that also happens among
people who hold a small or less important
job position. That is just a part of life.
However, what many people fail to
understand is the law of rarity: everything
that is rare and scarce are of value;
everything that is common and ordinary
are devalued.
This law is observed easier in times of crisis.
When companies need to cut down their
expenses, therefore they consider laying
off some employees. Then comes the
tough call: Who should we keep and who
should we let go? One of the main criteria,
considering the company’s survival, is to
keep those who bring in more revenue.
That is where the essential ones are kept
and the expendable ones… are fired.
Therefore, there is no crisis for those who
make themselves indispensable.
Now I ask you: becoming an indispensable
employee is a decision taken by the
company or the employee himself?
The truth is that leading entrepreneurs
have a hard time finding talents to
occupy positions that hold important
responsibilities. There’s no lack of
educated people, or people trying to use
the company as a way to advance in their
personal career, or even people willing to
follow orders like a robot.
But there is a lack of leaders, people who
think, who are interested in making the
difference, problem-solvers who take the
initiative instead of waiting to be told
what to do. There are lots of vacancies for
these, but a huge lack of people with such
qualities to fill them.
No one has ever said that the world
of business is fair. Injustice happens
everywhere. The difference is between
the victims of injustice who only complain
about it and those who believe their
potential is greater than any injustice,
therefore, they’ll prevail — whether in this
or the next company, or maybe even in
their own.
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