The Future

Building on the positives we just discussed I want you to now pivot in the conversation to the future.

I just want you to talk about the future.

I want you to show your boss that you’re not like a lot of the other employees that you have more initiative more drive.

I want you to come up with a very very specific plan of how you can be even more productive.

How you can do your job better.

Now I don’t want to get you into trouble and make the boss feel like you’re trying to take over his or her job but if you have other ideas on how people in your position can be more effective can increase Mark and help the bottom line.

I don’t know any boss who doesn’t really like to hear that from employees even if they don’t follow up on your recommendations.

So you need to give your boss a very specific plan of how you are trying to get better.

And it may be by telling your boss hey I’m going to all these online courses to boost my skills so I know more about programming or I know more about how to close the set.

Let your boss know that even when you’re not on the clock you are learning you’re thinking you’re getting more immersed in your industry.

You’re following what all of your competitors are doing because a lot of other your colleagues at the office are doing that.

Or you could be at a construction site as a bricklayer.

These lessons apply no matter what.

Show more initiative.

That’s what bosses want to hear.

Come up with some specific concrete agenda items and finally here’s the kicker and you won’t hear this recommendation and other videos or books on how to ask for a raise.

I would suggest you have a one page memo that you hand your boss saying here at least 10 ideas I have on how I can be more productive.

How the organization could be more productive things.

I want to do better differently now.

You’re not just going off and doing that you’re not asking necessarily for a promotion but you’re building the case for why you deserve a raise.

So that’s your homework right now.

And this may be hard it may take time but take the time because the difference in your career long term of getting a 10 or 15 or 20 percent raise in a year and getting future raises based on that versus just another 2 percent raise or no raise is gonna be quite significant during the long haul of your career.

So it’s better to plan to go in with a specific game plan so that’s your homework right now.

I want you to come up with a one page memo.

I’m not suggesting you write a 30 page memo and spend six months on this a one page memo that will give your boss specific things that you’re planning on doing to boost your productivity to help the organization do it right now.