I think that most everyone is familiar with the term MVP. It’s a title or an honor earned in sports for someone who is considered to be the Most Valuable Player.
An MVP is appreciated and honored for his or her skills and performance. When it comes time to restructure or rebuild a team the MVP is usually the center point and the new team is formed around her. When trades or cuts are considered the MVP is that last to go unless his contract can be sold for a lot of money.
To me the most important characteristic of an MVP is that he makes the rest of the team better through his talents and actions.
Not everyone can be an MVP and not every MVP earns that honor every year. However, everyone can be a VP (Valuable Player) all the time and every year.
The more valuable you are to your employer the greater your opportunities and the greater your potential for a long, happy career regardless of swings in the economy.
If you own a business, the more valuable you are to your customers the greater your success.
I’m sure you see the theme here. – Value. It’s in your best interest to consistently work to increase your value as an individual. It’s also in your best interest to consistently work to increase the value of the business you’re associated with regardless of whether you’re an employer or an employee.
People, you included, make decisions based on what’s valuable to them. All people don’t value things in the same way. They have different tastes (values) in food, clothing, entertainment, sports hobbies, and much, much more. You can’t worry about that.
Figure out what you love to do, why you love to do it, where you want to do it and start making yourself valuable. Even if you’re working in a job or a business right now that’s not all that exciting for you, make a commitment to be as valuable as you can be. You’ll be pleasantly surprised where that attitude of value takes you.
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Have a great week.
Posted on January 8, 2012
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