How to Double Your Salary! (Part 6)
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11 Ways to Power Your Way Up the Corporate Ladder and Double Your Salary!
Good Morning!
As we’ve been discussing in this blog post series How to Double Your Salary, the key to doubling your salary is creating more and more value for your company! And reaping the benefits for yourself.
And that means you must always add value; continuously sharpen your skills and expand your knowledge base; complete assignments at a top level; meet deadlines; and get the job done!
Which positions you to earn more money and double your salary.
My daughter Alice is a graduate of Macaulay Honors College at CUNY (City University of New York).
She got a terrific education and had an excellent experience. In fact, she got several grants to study abroad and was able to take a gap year between high school and college and did orphanage work in six countries!
To give back and help other students, I volunteered.
On December 6th, the Macaulay Honors College Business Club held their annual Business Club Conference.
December 6th happened to be a Friday night! What’s more, the conference started at 7:45 PM.
The Club leaders invited alums and me to mentor the business students.
Roughly 60 business school students suited up, eager to learn and chart their pathway to success. On a Friday night!
Very Impressive.
To me, that really shows commitment, dedication and a commitment to getting ahead.
I was a panelist with James, a young alumnus, who was 25 years old. James worked at a Big 4 accounting firm in financial analytics and risk analytics.
The Moderator asked us, “What advice would you give us so we can get ahead?”
James went first, “Remember to achieve a good work-life balance. I work hard but try to work only 40-50 hours a week. Life is short and having fun and enjoying life is very important.”
After James finished his remarks, I chimed in. . .
“I agree. But to be candid with you, I don’t do a very good job of maintaining a good work-life balance.” Maybe it’s generational or poor personal management.
Earlier this year, a major investment company engaged us for a consulting project. The initial deadline to present our consulting report was December 20th. But they moved the deadline up to December 6th, today actually.
I was leading our client service team and was the only one who knew all the moving pieces and could tie up all the loose ends.
I had a wonderful Thanksgiving dinner with my three children. Then, Friday I worked four hours on the consulting report. Saturday, another four hours. And Sunday, three and a half hours.
We met the client’s deadline! And uploaded the final report at lunchtime today!
The client praised our consulting report.
Did I really want to work on Thanksgiving weekend?”
I tilted my head to the right and remarked, “Nooooo. . . No I did not want to work on Thanksgiving weekend. I did not.”
But the client was counting on us; we had accepted the consulting assignment and our reputation was at stake!”
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The reality is we all have a choice!
Or usually, we do.
What are your career goals?
What do you want to achieve?
If you picture yourself at 80 or 90 years old and look back over your life, what do you want to see?
Are you organizing your actions and on-the-job performance to realize your vision?
How do you tackle your work life?
Do you go the extra mile to deliver A+ quality work?
Do you demonstrate a strong commitment to excel?
Do you strive for excellence?
Could you improve your performance?
How?
What steps could you take to deliver even more value for your company and become a more valuable employee?
In the end, I was very proud of the work our client service team did!
We prevailed!
And the client has hired us to do more work this year – to implement our findings and recommendations.
I prevailed!
You can prevail too!
The choice is yours!
See you next week.
Have a great one!
Arthur V.
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