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Whether it’s your career path, which job to take for the next four years, investing in your personal brand, creating a startup, or investing in a startup, the question is:
How do I decide which investment is worthwhile?
I’m defining an “investment” as distinct from other bets by having these characteristics:
Spending time and money and reputation for months or years, hoping for a large return in the far-future.
Can do only 1-2 of these simultaneously, because you are “all in.”
Because the future is uncertain, there is significant risk: Whether it will pay off at all, and if so, by how much.
Deciding Whether an Investment Is Worthwhile
longform.asmartbear.com
We paid these branch managers salaries but not commissions. We have never been fond of the purely commission basis, because many men are short-sighted and they will neglect service and the steady customer of the future for the immediate customer on whom they can earn a commission. We give to each man the opportunity to progress to a higher salary and to become a large stockholder in the company. In this way, we can weld men into the organization and build up their strength and ours in a fashion which is not possible where an employee’s sole interest in his company is what he gets out of it.
Men and Rubber
Harvey S. Firestone
When it is appropriate, casually (or formally) let others know your good feelings about them and the organization. You may think your positive feelings are obvious, but they may not be if you are low key and the others are not very aware. Consider whether you also need to talk more openly about what you think you contribute, where you would like to see yourself eventually in the organization, and how long you are willing to wait to see it happen.
The Highly Sensitive Person
Elaine N. Aron Phd
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