Step 7: Valuing Your Life Energy -- Maximizing Income
Respect the life energy you are putting into your job. Money is simply something you trade your life energy for. Trade it with purpose and integrity for increased earnings.
How well are you using your energy both on and off the job? Is your job 'consuming' (using up, destroying, wasting) your life? Do you love your life, using each hour -- on and off the job -- with care?
Our fulfillment as human beings lies not in our jobs but in the whole picture of our lives -- in our inner sense of what life is about, our connectedness with others, and our yearning for meaning and purpose.
You may love your paid employment or you may hate it; it doesn't matter. But you don't want to recognize that the purpose of your paid employment is getting paid and your real 'work' may be far bigger than this one job.
There is nothing in your life that is more valuable than your time.
| Age and average remaining life expectancy |
| |
Average remaining life expectancy |
| Age |
Years |
Hours |
| 20 |
56.3 |
493,526 |
| 25 |
51.6 |
452,326 |
| 30 |
46.9 |
411,125 |
| 35 |
42.2 |
369,925 |
| 40 |
37.6 |
329,601 |
| 45 |
33.0 |
289,278 |
| 50 |
28.6 |
250,708 |
| 55 |
24.4 |
213,890 |
| 60 |
20.5 |
179,703 |
| 65 |
16.9 |
148,145 |
| 70 |
13.6 |
119,218 |
| 75 |
10.7 |
93,796 |
| Source: Data taken from US National Centre for Health Statistics, Vital Statistics of the United States |
How:
- Ask yourself: Am I making a living or a dying?
- Examine your purposes for paid employment.
Why:
- You have only X number of hours left in your life. Determine how you want to spend those remaining hours.
- Breaking the link between who you are and what you do for a 'living' will free you to make more fulfilling choices.
|
Checklist: Think Before You Spend
- Don't shop.
- Live within your means.
- Take care of what you have.
- Wear it out.
- Do it yourself.
- Anticipate your needs.
- Research value, quality, durability, and multiple use.
- Get it for less.
- Buy used.
- Follow the steps of this program.
|
Comments (0)
You don't have permission to comment on this page.