Reading this article qualifies you to get $1440 every
day! I mean it - everyday, the rest of your life. Just hold for a bit before
you dismiss that. You actually get it, I am serious, but if only you agree to
the following three conditions:
Condition 1: This money can’t be donated or given to
someone else, you will have to spend it by yourself.
Condition 2: This money cannot be invested or saved,
and be used in the future. It has to be used now.
Condition 3: If you do not use this money, it will be taken
away from you. No left overs!
Do you agree to the conditions? I am sure you do with a
resounding yes! Well then, you have it. By the way, this offer is called “THE
MOST POPULAR OFFER” because it’s offered to everyone irrespective of who. (Also
because most of us have heard this, or been part of this conversation)
All of us are given 1440 minutes a day with the
conditions mentioned above. It’s just that $ symbol is replaced with the word ‘minutes’.
We have 1440 minutes a day that cannot be donated, that cannot be saved to be
used later, and when they are not used on that day, they disappear. But you
have a fresh deposit of 1440 minutes on your account the next day. That’s
amazing.
If only you and I could value our time with a simple
equation 1$=1minute. Time is the most significant resource and raw material all
of us are generously (and fairly) provided with. It gets used to produce three
products in our lives - memories of the past, experience of the present, and
dreams of the future. They are priceless. When those products are good and
enjoyable, it enables us to celebrate and be engaged with life.
That gives us a clue as to why many fragmented and often
manipulative (carrot –stick) stances including salary hikes in an organization
fail to engage and retain talent and resourcefulness of employees. Because
sooner or later the intrinsic value of money comes down. And in some cases,
where they realize that the biggest hike they got in their career is a little
lesser than their colleague, the depreciation is almost immediate! (“Do not
share your salary details with others” does not seem to work)
How well is your organization enabling your work-force
to convert the time they spend with you, into lovable and valuable outcomes for
themselves in the form of memories, experiences and dreams? I completely
resonate with an article published by Stanford University titled “If money does
not make you happy, consider time” (link to the article given at the end). I
agree that it’s their responsibility to make their time count. But we as
organizational leaders have a role to play too.
My take on employee engagement is this – enable employees
to convert their time into valuable and lovable outcomes for themselves, they
will be engaged with the organization to create valuable and lovable products
and services for our customers. We understand there is complexity, ambiguity,
frustration, letting go of the immediate benefits, and a lot hard work involved
in striking that equation, but it’s worth the effort.
$1440 per employee per day. That’s a lot considering
the size of our organizations. Let’s be wise in spending that resource.
Thanks for investing a few dollars in reading this.
Hope it is contributing a little bit in creating a lovable outcome for yourself.
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