Yes that is part of my job, so I’ll stop that line of thinking right there.  I’m not complaining at all about the drive because I was actually able to listen to a couple of great CD’s and a few audio books that I have during the drive.  Also driving 12 hours gives you some great reflection time as well so if there are some positives those would be it.  However that was a whole Sunday I was away from my pregnant wife when we could have been doing a lot of other things.

However jobs don’t value your time, if they did they wouldn’t continuously ask you to work over time which takes you away from your spouse, partner or family.  I’m a big believer in work life balance while I continue to work out the last year of where I’m at.  However its very hard to get buy in on that and while our company speaks it and says we should have a good work life balance, they don’t actually walk the talk.  A lot of companies are like this, at least the last three I’ve worked for.  I don’t profess to know how all companies work, I can only go by what I’ve seen in my previous jobs and what the IT industry has shown.  However I’d bet I’m not far off base with what other companies are like, especially after hearing many friends complain about what is required of them at their jobs.

The fact is your job will pay you as little as possible for your efforts and time.  Why do you think you get that measly 2-3 weeks of holidays for the WHOLE year to start at most companies.  Then it takes you anywhere between 5-10 years to get another week.  Those who are reading this don’t even try and defend your job because you’ve complained at least once about the crappy amount of holidays you get.  If you say you don’t your lying. 

I’m really just stating the obvious here and I’m not saying that Amway is the answer to this however it is the opportunity that we’ve decided to purse to allow us greater freedom in our lives and that’s why I can say this is the last year that I’ll be working.  I’ve got a family on the way and I intend to spend a lot of time with that family and less time working for someone else while they spend more time with their family.  The Amway opportunity along with World Wide Dreambuilders is paving the way for time freedom as well as financial freedom down the road.  It does come with some work however, and anyone that tells you this is a get rich quick is lying.  We are very transparent with how we build this business with prospective entrepreneurs because we value their time and want them to know just what it takes to build this business.

So how valuable is my time?  More valuable then any company can ever pay me and that should be the same thought for everyone.

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