The Law of Compensation
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Hope you all are having a great Sunday ... just wanted to share this as we move into another busy week -
You Get What You Give
Ralph Waldo Emerson, in his essay,
"Compensation," wrote that each person is compensated in like manner
for that which he or she has contributed. The Law of Compensation is another
restatement of the Law of Sowing and Reaping. It says that you will always be
compensated for your efforts and for your contribution, whatever it is, however
much or however little.
Increase Your
Value
This Law of Compensation also says that
you can never be compensated in the long term for more than you put in. The
income you earn today is your compensation for what you have done in the past.
If you want to increase your compensation, you must increase the value of your
contribution.
Fill Your Mind
with Success
Your mental attitude, your feelings of
happiness and satisfaction, are also the result of the things that you have put
into your own mind. If you fill your own mind with thoughts, visions and ideas
of success, happiness and optimism, you will be compensated by those positive
experiences in your daily activities.
Do
more than you're paid for
Another corollary of the Law of Sowing and
Reaping is what is sometimes called the, "Law of Overcompensation."
This law says that great success comes from those who always make it a habit to
put in more than they take out. They do more than they are paid for. They are
always looking for opportunities to exceed expectations. And because they are
always overcompensating, they are always being over rewarded with the esteem of
their employers and customers and with the financial rewards that go along with
their personal success.
Provide the
Causes, Enjoy The Effects
One of your main responsibilities in life
is to align yourself and your activities with Law of Cause and Effect (and its
corollaries), accepting that it is an inexorable law that always works, whether
anyone is looking or not. Your job is to institute the causes that are
consistent with the effects that you want to enjoy in your life. When you do, you
will realize and enjoy the rewards you desire.
Action
Exercises
Here are two things you can do immediately
to put these ideas into action.
First, remind yourself regularly that your rewards will always be in direct
proportion to your service to others. How could you increase the value of your
services to your teammates today?
Second, look for ways to go the extra mile, to use the Law of Overcompensation
in everything you do. This is the great secret of success.