INCREASE YOUR MARKET VALUE.....Part 1

Tayo Onaleye, Nation Builder

Series: FINANCIAL PROSPERITY

Topic: INCREASE YOUR MARKET VALUE (Part 1)

Text: 2Thess 3.6-12, Tit 3:14, Rom 12:11, Proverbs 22.29

Keys to increasing your market value.

*1. UNDERSTAND THE CONCEPT OF VALUE*

As a Christian, you must be firmly grounded in the basic principles of productivity. God’s agenda is for each of us to be productive and fruitful. Unfruitfulness is not part of our heritage. Genesis 1.28, John 15.8

Your income in the market place is subject to the law of demand and supply. The lower the demand for your skills, the lower your income.

#In a regular business enterprise, your salary is paid from the money you helped to bring into the organization or the value your work symbolizes for the business. For example, if the company pays you a salary of N100k, it means that you have helped to bring in more than N100k into the organization for that month. Ask yourself this question: How much has my effort brought into the company this month? You don’t deserve to earn an income from an organization into which your effort is not bringing in an income (directly or indirectly).

You don’t deserve to earn more than your effort is bringing into the company. If your effort is bringing in N100k you don’t deserve a salary of N200k.

Many unenlightened folks think that because the company they are working for is making a lot of money they too deserve to earn a lot of money from the company. It doesn’t work like that. The company won’t pay you based on the income or revenue of the company but on your usefulness to the company.

#Your income will never rise above your usefulness. Ask yourself very sincerely: how useful are you to your employer? Are you a “disposable” that your employer is just tolerating or a key performer?

#You are not paid for working. You are paid for adding value. This is the reason why your income is not about how many hours and how hard you work. It is about how valuable the work you are doing is.

 Three major factors determine the value the market place places on your work:
a. The demand for what you do
b. How well you perform or deliver
c. The difficulty in replacing you.

*2. INTENTIONAL PERSONAL DEVELOPMENT IS THE KEY.*

Pro 12:24  The hand of the diligent shall bear rule: but the slothful shall be under tribute.

What you earn is a function of what you can do which is a function of how well you have developed yourself. To earn more you have to be committed to continuous personal and professional development.

This personal development doesn’t happen by chance or by accident. It has to be INTENTIONAL. Don’t wait for your employer to train you. Be aggressive and train yourself. You must clearly see the connection between your income and your personal development and proactively take your destiny in your hands through a commitment to personal development.

#You are created to work. God gave Adam work to do before sin came into the picture. Work is not a curse.

#Your potential will only be manifested through work. Your work determines your worth.

#Your job is a platform for personal development and expression of your potential.