I have been sitting here wondering why I don't have a career yet, I know I am a good mother, but how good of a roll model am I? I preach to my kids about having a great future and its starts with a job. I tell them you have to work hard, climb that ladder and earn what you need in life. I can't even find my ladder!! .... anyway, when I do a job it's done right, not just for the money. I know what I am worth, if someone would pay me for what I am worth...I would be rich right now. I don't think about the money when I do a job, I think about the quality of my work. I want that person I work for, to know I was worth every penny! How many people do you know that is hard working, completely honest, and completely drug free??? I bet you can't count them on one hand! I have never stole from a company (no! not even a pen!) I have respect for everyone...they might have a lot of money and their own company but they started from somewhere too. I have watched people work for construction companies and stall time to get a few extra dollars that week, when the job could have been done on time if not early. I think if you want good employees they should be paid for the job not by the hour...some people work their butt off and get paid the same wage as the other guy sitting around..that's not right. if you pay them by the job ( a percentage of the profit) they will work harder to get that job done, (if you see they are not doing their job after a few weeks, cut their percentage) in other words pay them for what they are worth!
I tested my son (he was 15) to clean his room, he wanted to go somewhere..so I told him if he cleaned his room he could go...their was no money offered. After about 20 minutes he came out and said it was done..I said...."Yeah??", I went in there and yes it looked clean...until I really looked. There was stuff shoved under the bed, in the closet, papers shoved in the drawers and candy wrappers behind his desk. So what I done was....I took a broom and scooted everything out from under the bed, behind the desk, pulled everything out of the drawers and threw it in the middle of the room!!! I looked at him and said. "Is this clean? Is this how you are going to work at a real job?? would your boss be proud of you and promote you to a higher position? Are you proud of the work you done?" He said "No, but this is a bedroom mom." I told him it didn't matter it could be a dirt floor but was still his responsibility (his job) to take care of his belongings. He went back to work on his room, after 3 hours he came out and shut the door with a smile on his face and said..."you have got to see my room, you are not going to believe this" I went in there and it was like "biinnggg" (you know, how the gleam of light shining in a spotless room would sound like) I was shocked. It was better than i could have done. I told him i was proud of him for putting his full effort into it, you could do anything if you just try. That is when I told him its not what you do on a task, its how well you do it, you need to prove to people what you are worth. People will treat you the way you treat yourself. By the time he was done it was too late for him to go where he wanted to go, he didn't mind though. but I did give him 10 dollars...i thought he deserved it...i said don't expect this every time unless you put forth full effort.
That goes back to me being drug free..everyone knows I don't do anything illegal or wrong, I think I am worth so much more than that. I just wish I could get a chance to prove to people what kind of person I really am. I don't have a college education or a good work history because I have been a mother since I was 16 and when I got a chance to work I had to quit because I became a mother again. Mothering is so much more important these days than making a dollar, but I am ready to start a career now that my youngest is in school. But how can I prove myself to a company when they won't give me a chance without an education or a good work history?
I tested my son (he was 15) to clean his room, he wanted to go somewhere..so I told him if he cleaned his room he could go...their was no money offered. After about 20 minutes he came out and said it was done..I said...."Yeah??", I went in there and yes it looked clean...until I really looked. There was stuff shoved under the bed, in the closet, papers shoved in the drawers and candy wrappers behind his desk. So what I done was....I took a broom and scooted everything out from under the bed, behind the desk, pulled everything out of the drawers and threw it in the middle of the room!!! I looked at him and said. "Is this clean? Is this how you are going to work at a real job?? would your boss be proud of you and promote you to a higher position? Are you proud of the work you done?" He said "No, but this is a bedroom mom." I told him it didn't matter it could be a dirt floor but was still his responsibility (his job) to take care of his belongings. He went back to work on his room, after 3 hours he came out and shut the door with a smile on his face and said..."you have got to see my room, you are not going to believe this" I went in there and it was like "biinnggg" (you know, how the gleam of light shining in a spotless room would sound like) I was shocked. It was better than i could have done. I told him i was proud of him for putting his full effort into it, you could do anything if you just try. That is when I told him its not what you do on a task, its how well you do it, you need to prove to people what you are worth. People will treat you the way you treat yourself. By the time he was done it was too late for him to go where he wanted to go, he didn't mind though. but I did give him 10 dollars...i thought he deserved it...i said don't expect this every time unless you put forth full effort.
That goes back to me being drug free..everyone knows I don't do anything illegal or wrong, I think I am worth so much more than that. I just wish I could get a chance to prove to people what kind of person I really am. I don't have a college education or a good work history because I have been a mother since I was 16 and when I got a chance to work I had to quit because I became a mother again. Mothering is so much more important these days than making a dollar, but I am ready to start a career now that my youngest is in school. But how can I prove myself to a company when they won't give me a chance without an education or a good work history?
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~Becky