"I'm too good for that..."

[Thriftypreneur]

In my short time on this forum, I've read lots of great threads and been exposed to viewpoints of many people, all who are at different points in their fastlane journeys. However, one that that always strikes me as odd, is seeing someone talk about how they're on The Sidewalk, yet they're unwilling to accept low-paying (or any) job to fuel their fastlane dreams. Many people justify this by saying things like, "That's slowlane thinking, that's not for me," while remaining unemployed or something.

I've also known/know many people who operate the same way in real life. Maybe not because they are trying to get on the fastlane, but because they simply feel they're too good to do certain things and that the world doesn't apply to them.

I'm all for not settling and all that, and I'm certainly not trying to point fingers at anyone, but I'm curious to hear other, more successful peoples' thoughts on this subject. I always found it difficult to be entitled and/or picky when getting anything was better than having nothing.

Do you think this mentality is actually a hindrance to people's fastlane journey?

 

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[Vigilante]

Television shows like Entourage make 18 year old kids think their time is worth something. Then, they turn on the xBox and lose an afternoon playing Call of Duty.

Fast food workers are going on strike because they think they should make 2x as much to run the fry machine. These same kids don't want to spend 2x as much to buy a cheeseburger.

Rap culture emphasizes fast money, fast cars, and fast women.

Politicians in America get re-elected by creating dependency on government.

Nobody emphasizes a work ethic.

The book The Millionaire Fastlane by MJ DeMarco, and Choose Yourself by James Altucher --- aren't well received by the majority.

There are three types of people in the world. You can sit back and watch all three introduce themselves on this forum.

1. There are people who expect life to get handed to them

2. There are people who expect life to shit on them

3. And, there are people who blaze their own path

 

[PeteLife]

Television shows like Entourage make 18 year old kids think their time is worth something. Then, they turn on the xBox and lose an afternoon playing Call of Duty.

Fast food workers are going on strike because they think they should make 2x as much to run the fry machine. These same kids don't want to spend 2x as much to buy a cheeseburger.

Rap culture emphasizes fast money, fast cars, and fast women.

Politicians in America get re-elected by creating dependency on government.

Nobody emphasizes a work ethic.

The book The Millionaire Fastlane by MJ DeMarco, and Choose Yourself by James Altucher --- aren't well received by the majority.

There are three types of people in the world. You can sit back and watch all three introduce themselves on this forum.

1. There are people who expect life to get handed to them

2. There are people who expect life to shit on them

3. And, there are people who blaze their own path

Perfectly said .... Could'nt have said it better myself!

Edit: Do you mind if I steal this and post on my Facebook page ... I know quite a few people who could benefit from seeing some real truth like this...

 

[Vigilante]

Perfectly said .... Could'nt have said it better myself!

Edit: Do you mind if I steal this and post on my Facebook page ... I know quite a few people who could benefit from seeing some real truth like this...

Do it.

 

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[Vick]

3. And, there are people who blaze their own path

Been getting a lot of heat lately on this. Ever since I publicly announced our 8 Eyewear project. Some co-workers at my day job have found out about it.

Anyway, I can feel the tension when I walk around the studio. Getting the evil eye, like I'm a heretic. lol I guess it's a matter of time before the big boys find out. They prolly already know. what ever though.

It's kinda funny and depressing at the same time.

Know one has really said anything to me yet. But I can feel it when I talk to them.

Some of my good friends here have even stopped hanging around with me, going for coffee, chatting, things like that.

It's weird how fast people change there opinions on you, when you decide to not follow the crowd.

Most people want to do this > 'blaze their own path'. But there scared and don;t believe it's possible. Which is understandable.

One friend in the studio actually came up to me and said he was jealous. And was really curious. 1 out of like 20

Problem is. people just don't think it's possible. which is a shame.

and when you try to tell them it is. its like talking to a wall. it just doesn't compute with them.

 

[T14]

Like any other opinion seeking post, I'd have to say "it depends"

I'm new to posting on the forum but have been "lurking" for a few months now.

In my introductory post I shared my experience with working with a real estate investor. The ONLY reason this guy chose to bring me on board was because I showed initiative and told him I'd work for free just to learn his skills. I knew that i could read all the books in the world on how to flip a house, how to repair a roof, and how to get my RE license. What I didn't know how to do was apply it in real life. In order to learn how, I willingly accepted the fact that I was most likely going to be doing a LOT of dirty work just to learn the process.

I remember being on my hands and knees scraping up 2 layers of vinyl flooring in a rental unit that a sec. 8 crackhead was just evicted from. I trudged through a foot of freezing cold water in the basement of a foreclosure just to open the hatchway and also found myself playing target practice with a beehive in order to get inside another property. I'm a natural risk taker so some of these tasks were actually fun for me (don't ask)

A few months later, I know 80% of the rehab process. That other 20% is reserved for the inevitable learning experiences we all face when starting something new.

To come full circle, I had to experience these things in order to learn the ropes. I completely forfeited any kind of entitlement attitude and held on for dear life. I'm glad I did because now I have skills that'll last me a lifetime.

I think it's difficult for those who aren't interested in bettering themselves to brush off those feelings of entitlement. When your life consists of you working a menial job flipping burgers or pushing papers around in the marketing department, the "strategy" leads you to become self-serving.

"What's in it for me?" "What do I get out of this?" "Give me more, I deserve it!"

When you lack ambition, initiative and motivation, your only approach to "get ahead" is to demand it... and we all know how well that approach usually works.


On the other hand, if you have the money and the expertise to delegate those "menial" jobs, go right ahead and forget everything i just wrote about

 

[Mike.B]

n my short time on this forum, I've read lots of great threads and been exposed to viewpoints of many people, all who are at different points in their fastlane journeys. However, one that that always strikes me as odd, is seeing someone talk about how they're on The Sidewalk, yet they're unwilling to accept low-paying (or any) job to fuel their fastlane dreams. Many people justify this by saying things like, "That's slowlane thinking, that's not for me," while remaining unemployed or something.

I've also known/know many people who operate the same way in real life. Maybe not because they are trying to get on the fastlane, but because they simply feel they're too good to do certain things and that the world doesn't apply to them.

I'm all for not settling and all that, and I'm certainly not trying to point fingers at anyone, but I'm curious to hear other, more successful peoples' thoughts on this subject. I always found it difficult to be entitled and/or picky when getting anything was better than having nothing.

Do you think this mentality is actually a hindrance to people's fastlane journey?

For me, it’s because of this:

• Wake up at 4am and be ready to go by 5am.
• Drive for an hour to be to work by 6am (except in the winter; must leave earlier).
• Work until 5 or 6pm (mandatory overtime).
• Drive home and arrive by 6 or 7pm.
• Eat dinner and try to relax for a few minutes (7 or 8pm).
• Try to be in bed by 9pm (hopefully get at least 7 hours of sleep).
• Repeat 6 days a week.

I have friends that do this week in and week out and never have a minute to do anything else.

Most of the factories here want you to dedicate your life to working for them.

You might be able to save up some money after a few years of doing this, but you don’t have time to work on anything while you’re dragging your a$$ through the monotony every day. You’re lucky to have an hour each night to spend with your family... Good Times!

 

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[dknise]

I am better than that... because I have an inbox flooded with constant job and contracting offers for software development. ^_^


I constantly hear people selling themselves short with and they all follow the same pattern:
1) They have little self worth... despite being a dream employee.
2) They think the job market sucks... it only sucks if you have nothing to offer.
3) They take the first offer they see... no matter how bad it is. Never unemployed for less than a week and always getting paid jack or taking a job that is far below their experience level.
4) Oh, but that job requires {insert any requirement here}... so? Apply. Prove you can solve any problem on your own and I swear on my life you will get hired for a position you didn't meet the requirements for. I do it all the time.

There's nothing wrong with holding out for a good thing. If some of these peeps just waited another week or two they could have landed their dream sidewalk position or fastlane funder!

 

[MJ DeMarco]

It's pretty simple: If you're "too good" to do the dirty work, success will be "too good" for you. The dream life will be "too good" for you. Enlightenment will be "too good" for you.

Being "too good" is an entitlement mentality.

If I was "too good" I wouldn't be boxing books, taping up envelopes, and creating stupid UPS invoices required for Canadian import. Yea, like this shit is fun. But you know what? My freedom, my life, and my "whys" are more important than trying to avoid 30 minutes of drudgery trying to meet the "too good" standard. "Too good" for whom?

I'm not "too good" to do whatever it takes.

 

[PopEmersen]

Rap culture emphasizes fast money, fast cars, and fast women.

That's the event, if you listen to rap music, like I do, they also talk about the process of getting this fast money, fast cars, and fast women. (whether it be legal or illegal, mostly illegal). It's just that when rap is spoken about in the mainstream media, it's usually has a negative tone or connotation.

 

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[SBS.95]

That's the event, if you listen to rap music, like I do, they also talk about the process of getting this fast money, fast cars, and fast women. (whether it be legal or illegal, mostly illegal). It's just that when rap is spoken about in the mainstream media, it's usually has a negative tone or connotation.

Perhaps it's just the mainstream perception, because I don't listen to rap and know little about that culture... but I disagree.

With some distinctive exceptions (Drake comes to mind) it feels as if a lot of rap consists of just bragging about the lifestyle of "money, cars, and bitches". For instance, wasn't their a song called "Pop That Pussy" released not to long ago? Like... seriously!? How can people listen to this crap and not feel like the world's #1 douche?

It's that type of classless behavior that makes me disrespect the whole rap scene. The music doesn't soothe or inspire me. It just gives a false sense of entitlement and shows easily-influenced morons how to objectify women.

I'm in no means directing this towards you. It's music, you like what you like. But in general, this is the perception and vibe that culture gives off to me.

 

[T14]

MJ's last sentence says it all...

"I'm not "too good" to do whatever it takes"

Just like the entitlement attitude we've discussed, The "i'm not too good to do whatever it takes" is an attitude as well.

People think that getting out of their comfort zone means they need to read an extra 10 pages in their book when they thought 15 pages was enough...

Although this may help you learn more, sooner, "getting out of your comfort zone" is simply an attitude adjustment. It's doing the things that NEED TO BE DONE in order to get the desired result(s).

A healthy dose of consistent self-reflection and action will get you to your desired outcome. Doing what needs to be done in order to reach your goal is always challenging if you've never experienced it before...

that's why they call it "getting out of your comfort zone"

 

[Breaking Free]

Basically there's too much kool-aid going around. People have drank too much of it, and think anything else is just wrong.

I've had to shift my own mentality away from the slowlane, away from the 401k and retiring at 65. I get criticized by everyone that I talk to about writing or starting my own business or making a product (I'm right in that range where people start making six figures at their job, which to me is the pinnacle of the slowlane).

Then I used to have friends that lived on the sidewalk. All they did was complain complain complain about their strange work hours and never making enough money, but all their free time was spent playing video games and complaining about how bad they have it.

People either live for their "instant gratification" (sidewalk) or their "delayed gratification" (slowlane) and can't see another path. They have no initiative, no drive, and can't see that sewing stuffed toys or picking up trash can lead them to become millionaires.

And don't get me started on the whole income inequality debate going on.

 

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[DennisD]

I feel like I have a "I'm too good for that" problem.
I'll get shitty jobs when I have no other options. (there was an entire YEAR where I was applying for every toilet scribbing, grease bucket, furniture moving job I could find).
I always end up developing that mindset: "I'm too good for this".
I always ended up quitting jobs, even if I needed them at the time.

It was never out of the blue, though.
I've never stop striving to create a business,
I listened to biz audiobooks/podcasts while I worked,
Networked with the higher ups, built websites, created products.

At a certain point I realized that if I spent an additional 6 hours on my business a day, I'd get to where I need to be a lot faster. I always thought "My time's not worth that" "I'm worth more than that" "I can spend the same time providing value to my OWN life"

 

[masaldana2]

I like this thread

 

[PopEmersen]

With some distinctive exceptions (Drake comes to mind) it feels as if a lot of rap consists of just bragging about the lifestyle of "money, cars, and bitches". For instance, wasn't their a song called "Pop That Pussy" released not to long ago? Like... seriously!? How can people listen to this crap and not feel like the world's #1 douche?

Rap music, like any other entertainment artform has deplorable forms of it, that's like me getting mad at all movies because there was a series of movies called "Pop That". There are lowclass rap songs, a lot of them, there are low class movies, low class tv shows, etc. It is entertainment.

Im not saying it should be praised or thanked or anything like that. All Im saying is, look past the flash that is thrown on the TV/Web, there is actual tangible learnings in the music.

 

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[mayana]

Lol... this is a great thread, and lot of people should read it.

I worked at a restaurant (usually alongside some sort of professional job) all the way through undergrad and graduate school, because I was a divorced mother and had to make it on my own. I usually worked seven days a week, and got home from school around midnight. I don't know when I ever did homework, now that I think about it.

In 2008, I launched a business which, after some success, failed miserably. I had quit both of my jobs (the crappy one and the good one) to start the business.

Well, we all know what happened around that time... Needless to say, I couldn't find ANY kind of job. Nobody wanted to hire someone as educated as me for the crappy jobs and no companies were hiring for any of the better jobs.

So what did I do? Did I complain about it? I had mouths to feed, so I literally BEGGED my old boss at the restaurant for a chance. He knew I had just graduated, and figured I just needed something temporarily. We made a deal, and I promised him a minimum of six months at the restaurant.

I worked as a COOK in the kitchen, getting dirty, burned, heavy lifting, etc... for more than three years after he hired me. I've never felt like I am too good to do any job, especially when it comes to providing for my children. I learned a lot during those three years about what it is REALLY like to work hard.

When I was 16, I had my first "office job". I started college at 15, and I felt like I was "too good" for doing some of the menial data entry, filing, that they had me doing at this engineering firm. (Instead of considering myself to be lucky that they would hire a 16 year old in the first place!!). I think that I expressed this to one of the older salespeople, and he told me that his father told him this:

"You should always do the very best work, no matter what your job is. If you are the janitor, then your toilets should be the cleanest toilets anyone ever saw."

It sounds cliche, but I took this work ethic with me from that day on. When I was a cook at that restaurant, I never had a bad attitude. I did the absolute best job that I could possibly have done. Every manager always told me that they wished they had a restaurant full of employees like me.

Now, I kept that job as a cook even after I didn't need it anymore so that way I could work part-time hours and work on my business ideas. I could make my own schedule, and it didn't wear me out because I had gotten good at it. It worked out for me, and I don't regret having learned those lessons.

And I would do it again... In fact, I am really grateful for that manager in 2008 for giving me a chance to work there... Lol.

I don't think that the fact that I did a menial job (which actually didn't pay as bad as people would think) like this has any bearing on who I am. I know who I am, no matter what. Anyone who is struggling to make ends meet should NOT feel bad or like they are giving in or giving up - just keep your eyes on the prize. It's worth it!

Someday, you'll be laughing on your way to the bank.

 

[Mike.B]

Nobody wanted to hire someone as educated as me for the crappy jobs

Having this issue right now. I just need a shit job to hold me over, but no one wants to hire me because they think I'll be gone as soon as something better comes along.

 

[rogen]

Internet CAN substitute for typical "job". You can even make more than in shitty job, what you put in is what you get, sky is a limit.

 

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[mayana]

Internet CAN substitute for typical "job". You can even make more than in shitty job, what you put in is what you get, sky is a limit.

Absolutely true... But the point of this thread is that there is nothing inherently "wrong" with taking on a menial job, or any other sort of job. There is no right or wrong way to get to where we all want to go.

 

[socaldude]

Kind of like climbing a mountain, if you are not willing to start at the bottom then how the hell do you think you will get to the top? You can't start halfway, its literally impossible.

Yup you are too good to clean toilets, you deserve a cushy job complete with benefits and stock options just because "you are you". "F*ck value, F*ck process, F*ck work. Just give me me me and F*ck off."

When you reject responsibility cause you are "too good" you sabotage yourself plain and simple.

The truth is, taking responsibility is not a painful onerous burden. It's POWER, its CONTROL, its EXCITEMENT, its PLEASURE, Its SUCCESS written all over it. The more variables you have control over in your life the BETTER. Commandment of control anybody?

There is a direct correlation between the level of responsibility you take for your life and your level of success in entrepreneurship and life.

It's not hard to see that success comes to those who take responsibility...
-for the amount of value they provide in a marketplace.
-for their finances
-for their quality of customer service
-for the quality of their communication skills
-for how they spend their time
-for their actions and behavior
-for their happiness
-for their thoughts and feelings

I was driving down the freeway the other day and I made a powerful and profound realization. As i was moving the steering wheel and pressing the gas, I was a direct participant in reality, I realized I could actually reach out to reality and reality would reach back, i could change it, control it, and mold it and it would actually respond back. As if reality was my ultimate partner in life that i didn't know i had. I felt tremendous joy and excitement. I knew what this was: taking responsibility for life and everything in it. The more variables i could reach out and change the better.

I remember when i was kid i used to fight over the television remote control with my sisters. Whoever had the control for the TV was the happiest and joyful why? Because they were in CONTROL. The could actually push a button and something would happen at the other end. And this is exactly how life works when you truly understand what taking responsibility means. Who in their right mind would give the remote control and the steering wheel to someone else AKA blame? Its total self-sabotage and insanity.

 

[Vigilante]

Kind of like climbing a mountain, if you are not willing to start at the bottom then how the hell do you think you will get to the top? You can't start halfway, its literally impossible.

Yup you are too good to clean toilets, you deserve a cushy job complete with benefits and stock options just because "you are you". "F*ck value, F*ck process, F*ck work. Just give me me me and F*ck off."

When you reject responsibility cause you are "too good" you sabotage yourself plain and simple.

The truth is, taking responsibility is not a painful onerous burden. It's POWER, its CONTROL, its EXCITEMENT, its PLEASURE, Its SUCCESS written all over it. The more variables you have control over in your life the BETTER. Commandment of control anybody?

There is a direct correlation between the level of responsibility you take for your life and your level of success in entrepreneurship and life.

It's not hard to see that success comes to those who take responsibility...
-for the amount of value they provide in a marketplace.
-for their finances
-for their quality of customer service
-for the quality of their communication skills
-for how they spend their time
-for their actions and behavior
-for their happiness
-for their thoughts and feelings

I was driving down the freeway the other day and I made a powerful and profound realization. As i was moving the steering wheel and pressing the gas, I was a direct participant in reality, I realized I could actually reach out to reality and reality would reach back, i could change it, control it, and mold it and it would actually respond back. As if reality was my ultimate partner in life that i didn't know i had. I felt tremendous joy and excitement. I knew what this was: taking responsibility for life and everything in it. The more variables i could reach out and change the better.

I remember when i was kid i used to fight over the television remote control with my sisters. Whoever had the control for the TV was the happiest and joyful why? Because they were in CONTROL. The could actually push a button and something would happen at the other end. And this is exactly how life works when you truly understand what taking responsibility means. Who in their right mind would give the remote control and the steering wheel to someone else AKA blame? Its total self-sabotage and insanity.

Logged in just to speed this post. I will probably repost this to http://www.facebook.com/blazeyourownpath over the weekend.

 

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[liquidglass]

You have to dig the ditches before you can fill them with your wealth.

All successful people have done menial jobs and learned to not say "I'm too good for this" If you're too good for something, prove it! You only know something to the extent that you actually do it, not to the extent you believe it. People that say they are too good for something menial when they are at the start of their path are really saying "I want to skip this boring crap, show me the money!" It doesn't happen like that. They're used to a microwave mentality when success is really a crock pot.

The best way to sum it all up is one of the first phrases my mentor ever taught me.

"You have to be willing to do what other people won't to live like other people can't"

 

[Tlcalis]

My philosophy is simply:
You are not entitlted to anything except for air, which is free. You work for what you get.

 

[Sir Ingenious]

Sorry I haven't been around much, I've been busy.

I'm moving across the country as I type this. For the first time in my life, I'm on my way to the west coast from the midwest, from Indiana to Seattle. Don't have much cash in my pocket, I have a place to bunk at, and I'm going to get another job while I'm there. All of this, while I continue my startup and write a book about my weight loss experience. No more comfort zone for me underneath my parents' roof. I believe it's time to take the leap because I know my 'truth' and I intend to act upon it. To be honest, I believe everyone know their 'truth' at a certain age but they just don't intend to fulfill it since that takes effort.

Last year and a half ago, I got a cool job making iPhone app games in Manhattan NYC before I was laid off in just 3 months. These past 8 months into the summer of this year, I was working at a facility with adolescents that have autism and severe behavioral problems. Needless to say, a lot of times, it was hard work. You wipe shit, clean shit, babysit, get spit on, get scratched, remain active, all that stuff while you get paid just above minimum wage. You're surrounded by a lot of people who bitch about their jobs, dread walking through those doors, etc. Significant difference between the job I had a year ago to this one, right?

I didn't mind it very much because I was 'doing business'. I didn't have to 'like' it, but I had to fulfill my 'truth' at the time.

As a businessman, I believe that I did my job the right way. That was the only thing that mattered when you get up daily at 5:30a and work from 7:30a to 3:30p. You just do your job right, doing it with 100% effort. Otherwise, why are you there? I wanted to be the best as I could be and I believe that I was. In fact, I helped out and volunteered a lot to the point where I was granted a bit more pay, gained privileges like working with specific clients, and such (after being inspired by reading 'Linchpin'), so quickly. A lot of people liked me, a few didn't because I was professional, I 'marketed' myself well, and I was 100% on the job. Alas, the job wasn't right for me because I didn't like a lot of co-workers that I worked with. I didn't mind the job, but the co-workers and therefore, the environment wasn't a fit for me. I needed to bounce but I learned a LOT on the job, more than I would have learned from a business school.

Anyways, if you can't flip burgers, clean floors, wipe shit, then how do you expect to conduct business?

That's my 2c.

 

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[goodfella]

I definitely realized this concept after reading the millionaire fastlane . TMF can come off as "anti-job" but I believe having a job can be both a good or bad thing - it's really what you make out of it.

 

[beatgoezon]

Very interesting post, it's something that we all have to think about eventually...

I've noticed a trend in society, that people who feel they're "too good" for a certain job, task, or obligation, are usually the ones who end up DOING the job, task, or obligation they thought they were "too good" for, like their ego gets the best of them eventually. I've noticed this trend with almost everybody I've known who had an attitude like this (except kids who live off of their parents, they have a safety net to keep their hands clean)

I believe if the Fastlane is what you really work for (wanting isn't enough, who DOESN'T want wealth??) then you won't mind getting your hands dirty, but when you feel entitled to wealth, power, and all the desires you have, you end up waiting for that "big break" to come and save you from the dirty work.

As far as this has to do with getting a job, I think if you need to get start-up capital, experience, or anything that leads up to you Fastlane plan of action, there's nothing wrong with it, not even flipping burgers, as long as the ultimate goal hasn't been forgotten.

The people who reach the highest pinnacles of success, the people who go the furthest in their fields are usually the ones who've gotten their hands the dirtiest out of us all, heck I think they've even had to bathe in the filth for a while

EVERY successful person I've met, read about, or heard of in my life has had this dirty, filthy, and uncomfortable ride to their success.

I guess what I believe now is you can't travel the Fastlane thinking you car isn't going to get dirty. In my mind the Fastlane is this dirty, lonely road going through a desert filled with problems and potholes, like failures( like MJ said) as well as mud, dirt, and all sorts of crap that will get your car filthy along the way.

The road will be this one giant mess and many parts of the road will be just chaotic, with winds blowing dirt and sand on and into the car (the windows don't roll up ), horrible rain that gets us all wet and uncomfortable, extreme desert heat that makes the drive unbearable, and along the way your car is just going to get filthy .

The whole trip we make is a process, not the cleanest one I admit, but as members of this forum I can bet most people here are ready to face that struggle. If someone thinks their too good for getting yourself uncomfortable, living below your means, sacrificing laziness to create something greater, and to start at the bottom of the hill on your climb upwards, then good for them, let them live in mediocrity.

 

[MJ DeMarco]

Bumping for Gold.

 

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[DennisD]

It's also important to note the eventual distinction between :I'm too good for that" and "that's not worth my time", which are completely different.

This is something my friends get confused with all the time. That a high profile, wealthy, entrepreneur doesn't do ____ because he's "too good" for it. They say it in a degrading way.
"Too good" for something implies entitlement. In reality, nobody is "too good" for anything. "Not worth the time" means that you'll be generating more money doing another activity.

My time doing motion graphics work, generally nets me a good $70/hr. So if I have a solid guaranteed week of motion graphics work ahead of me, that might be the week to hire a cleaner to pick up after me. I'm not 'too good' to do dishes or vacuum or whatever... but the time creates more net value if it's spent doing the motion graphics.

Even though we all 'know' this all to be true, many people still make the snap judgement and think that wealthy entrepreneurs are 'stuck up' for hiring help, when in reality they just know the value of their own time.

 

[AllenCrawley]

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