Comments on: Are YOU worthy? http://www.birdsontheblog.co.uk/are-you-worthy/ Business Women of Opinion! Sun, 12 Feb 2012 01:45:15 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: LindaMattacks http://www.birdsontheblog.co.uk/are-you-worthy/comment-page-1/#comment-1809 LindaMattacks Tue, 09 Mar 2010 08:42:52 +0000 http://www.birdsontheblog.co.uk/?p=1779#comment-1809 Your reply is intriguing! "I’m a dive head first into something so new that it’s unheard of, again and again". Without asking you what decided you to move "into a water I’ve never been in before" it set me pondering. The first sounds a bit madcap whilst the second comes across as calm yet full of anticipation: Are you being 'nicer' to yourself, maybe putting YOU first for a change ;-) ? Your reply is intriguing!

“I’m a dive head first into something so new that it’s unheard of, again and again”.

Without asking you what decided you to move “into a water I’ve never been in before” it set me pondering.

The first sounds a bit madcap whilst the second comes across as calm yet full of anticipation: Are you being ‘nicer’ to yourself, maybe putting YOU first for a change ;-) ?
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]]> By: LindaMattacks http://www.birdsontheblog.co.uk/are-you-worthy/comment-page-1/#comment-7941 LindaMattacks Tue, 09 Mar 2010 08:42:00 +0000 http://www.birdsontheblog.co.uk/?p=1779#comment-7941 Your reply is intriguing! "I’m a dive head first into something so new that it’s unheard of, again and again". Without asking you what decided you to move "into a water I’ve never been in before" it set me pondering. The first sounds a bit madcap whilst the second comes across as calm yet full of anticipation: Are you being 'nicer' to yourself, maybe putting YOU first for a change ;-) ? Your reply is intriguing!

“I’m a dive head first into something so new that it’s unheard of, again and again”.

Without asking you what decided you to move “into a water I’ve never been in before” it set me pondering.

The first sounds a bit madcap whilst the second comes across as calm yet full of anticipation: Are you being ‘nicer’ to yourself, maybe putting YOU first for a change ;-) ?
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]]> By: LindaMattacks http://www.birdsontheblog.co.uk/are-you-worthy/comment-page-1/#comment-1807 LindaMattacks Tue, 09 Mar 2010 08:28:48 +0000 http://www.birdsontheblog.co.uk/?p=1779#comment-1807 Hi Jacqui Nice to see you and sorry to be a bit slow to reply... I'd heard versions of this story before but was never sure whether it was an urban myth so thank you :-)! It's not the same as yet in many ways similar to the widely held belief that the maximum pay rise the average employee will go for and expect is 10%. That was a real cliff hanger for me once, years ago, when I went for 33%... Well, I knew the bosses by then and I'd proven my worth by results over the two years I'd been with the company. I was underpaid. They knew it and I knew it. It was just a case of what salary adjustment would suit all round. I got 20% plus perks, we were all happy and I was included in higher level dealings from then on. A lesson or what? Of course, it could have all gone horribly wrong and I'd have had no alternative but to walk :-( Hi Jacqui

Nice to see you and sorry to be a bit slow to reply…

I’d heard versions of this story before but was never sure whether it was an urban myth so thank you :-) !

It’s not the same as yet in many ways similar to the widely held belief that the maximum pay rise the average employee will go for and expect is 10%. That was a real cliff hanger for me once, years ago, when I went for 33%… Well, I knew the bosses by then and I’d proven my worth by results over the two years I’d been with the company. I was underpaid. They knew it and I knew it. It was just a case of what salary adjustment would suit all round.

I got 20% plus perks, we were all happy and I was included in higher level dealings from then on. A lesson or what?

Of course, it could have all gone horribly wrong and I’d have had no alternative but to walk :-(
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]]> By: LindaMattacks http://www.birdsontheblog.co.uk/are-you-worthy/comment-page-1/#comment-7940 LindaMattacks Tue, 09 Mar 2010 08:28:00 +0000 http://www.birdsontheblog.co.uk/?p=1779#comment-7940 Hi Jacqui Nice to see you and sorry to be a bit slow to reply... I'd heard versions of this story before but was never sure whether it was an urban myth so thank you :-)! It's not the same as yet in many ways similar to the widely held belief that the maximum pay rise the average employee will go for and expect is 10%. That was a real cliff hanger for me once, years ago, when I went for 33%... Well, I knew the bosses by then and I'd proven my worth by results over the two years I'd been with the company. I was underpaid. They knew it and I knew it. It was just a case of what salary adjustment would suit all round. I got 20% plus perks, we were all happy and I was included in higher level dealings from then on. A lesson or what? Of course, it could have all gone horribly wrong and I'd have had no alternative but to walk :-( Hi Jacqui

Nice to see you and sorry to be a bit slow to reply…

I’d heard versions of this story before but was never sure whether it was an urban myth so thank you :-) !

It’s not the same as yet in many ways similar to the widely held belief that the maximum pay rise the average employee will go for and expect is 10%. That was a real cliff hanger for me once, years ago, when I went for 33%… Well, I knew the bosses by then and I’d proven my worth by results over the two years I’d been with the company. I was underpaid. They knew it and I knew it. It was just a case of what salary adjustment would suit all round.

I got 20% plus perks, we were all happy and I was included in higher level dealings from then on. A lesson or what?

Of course, it could have all gone horribly wrong and I’d have had no alternative but to walk :-(
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]]> By: Jackie Walker http://www.birdsontheblog.co.uk/are-you-worthy/comment-page-1/#comment-1708 Jackie Walker Sat, 06 Mar 2010 15:05:16 +0000 http://www.birdsontheblog.co.uk/?p=1779#comment-1708 "Moving from our comfort zone, where we know our way around, and going into unchartered waters?" That was the sentence which grabbed my attention Linda. And I've taken a while to think about it because heaven knows unchartered waters are one of my fortes! I'm a dive head first into something so new that it's unheard of, again and again . So which unchartered water is it that holds me in my comfort zone I wondered. In the last week I've moved into a water I've never been in before - and at last I think it's one which is going to be my comfort zone. I'm so looking forward to having the stability of a comfort zone - constant stretching is wonderful and yet it has to be tempered and balanced. “Moving from our comfort zone, where we know our way around, and going into unchartered waters?”

That was the sentence which grabbed my attention Linda. And I’ve taken a while to think about it because heaven knows unchartered waters are one of my fortes! I’m a dive head first into something so new that it’s unheard of, again and again . So which unchartered water is it that holds me in my comfort zone I wondered.

In the last week I’ve moved into a water I’ve never been in before – and at last I think it’s one which is going to be my comfort zone. I’m so looking forward to having the stability of a comfort zone – constant stretching is wonderful and yet it has to be tempered and balanced.
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]]> By: Jackie Walker http://www.birdsontheblog.co.uk/are-you-worthy/comment-page-1/#comment-7939 Jackie Walker Sat, 06 Mar 2010 15:05:00 +0000 http://www.birdsontheblog.co.uk/?p=1779#comment-7939 "Moving from our comfort zone, where we know our way around, and going into unchartered waters?" That was the sentence which grabbed my attention Linda. And I've taken a while to think about it because heaven knows unchartered waters are one of my fortes! I'm a dive head first into something so new that it's unheard of, again and again . So which unchartered water is it that holds me in my comfort zone I wondered. In the last week I've moved into a water I've never been in before - and at last I think it's one which is going to be my comfort zone. I'm so looking forward to having the stability of a comfort zone - constant stretching is wonderful and yet it has to be tempered and balanced. “Moving from our comfort zone, where we know our way around, and going into unchartered waters?”

That was the sentence which grabbed my attention Linda. And I’ve taken a while to think about it because heaven knows unchartered waters are one of my fortes! I’m a dive head first into something so new that it’s unheard of, again and again . So which unchartered water is it that holds me in my comfort zone I wondered.

In the last week I’ve moved into a water I’ve never been in before – and at last I think it’s one which is going to be my comfort zone. I’m so looking forward to having the stability of a comfort zone – constant stretching is wonderful and yet it has to be tempered and balanced.
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]]> By: jacqui wilson http://www.birdsontheblog.co.uk/are-you-worthy/comment-page-1/#comment-1706 jacqui wilson Sat, 06 Mar 2010 14:04:13 +0000 http://www.birdsontheblog.co.uk/?p=1779#comment-1706 Hi Linda We have not meet before and I feel a bit like a first time caller. . Many years ago I worked for a person that used to advertise his vacancies in two or three different financial brackets i.e. description and a low wage - description and a higher wage etc, plus differing the job descriptions. He always said that people put values and boundaries themselves. Perhaps the less confident/modest people would be less likely to go for the high powered high wage job description and opt for a more ‘achievable’ version of the job advertised. It was always the same job. only the salary was different altered by The applicants vision of themselves and their ability to see themselves as a high earner. So go ahead make a fool of yourself as long as you try to learn by it! As long as you are always true to yourself. Hi Linda
We have not meet before and I feel a bit like a first time caller. .
Many years ago I worked for a person that used to advertise his vacancies in two or three different financial brackets i.e. description and a low wage – description and a higher wage etc, plus differing the job descriptions. He always said that people put values and boundaries themselves. Perhaps the less confident/modest people would be less likely to go for the high powered high wage job description and opt for a more ‘achievable’ version of the job advertised. It was always the same job. only the salary was different altered by The applicants vision of themselves and their ability to see themselves as a high earner. So go ahead make a fool of yourself as long as you try to learn by it!
As long as you are always true to yourself.

]]> By: jacqui wilson http://www.birdsontheblog.co.uk/are-you-worthy/comment-page-1/#comment-7938 jacqui wilson Sat, 06 Mar 2010 14:04:00 +0000 http://www.birdsontheblog.co.uk/?p=1779#comment-7938 Hi Linda We have not meet before and I feel a bit like a first time caller. . Many years ago I worked for a person that used to advertise his vacancies in two or three different financial brackets i.e. description and a low wage - description and a higher wage etc, plus differing the job descriptions. He always said that people put values and boundaries themselves. Perhaps the less confident/modest people would be less likely to go for the high powered high wage job description and opt for a more ‘achievable’ version of the job advertised. It was always the same job. only the salary was different altered by The applicants vision of themselves and their ability to see themselves as a high earner. So go ahead make a fool of yourself as long as you try to learn by it! As long as you are always true to yourself. Hi Linda
We have not meet before and I feel a bit like a first time caller. .
Many years ago I worked for a person that used to advertise his vacancies in two or three different financial brackets i.e. description and a low wage – description and a higher wage etc, plus differing the job descriptions. He always said that people put values and boundaries themselves. Perhaps the less confident/modest people would be less likely to go for the high powered high wage job description and opt for a more ‘achievable’ version of the job advertised. It was always the same job. only the salary was different altered by The applicants vision of themselves and their ability to see themselves as a high earner. So go ahead make a fool of yourself as long as you try to learn by it!
As long as you are always true to yourself.

]]> By: Paul Walsh http://www.birdsontheblog.co.uk/are-you-worthy/comment-page-1/#comment-1605 Paul Walsh Wed, 03 Mar 2010 23:17:39 +0000 http://www.birdsontheblog.co.uk/?p=1779#comment-1605 and yet, time upon time, the puffed-ups of the sports world, and their evil twin, the media, go hell for leather at some sports star - frequently, for acts of both a private and personal nature ( John Terry / Tiger Woods et al ) that has zilch to do with their 'public' life. And I don't think that it can all be put down to a commercial decision - I seriously doubt that the fans of Terry or Woods give a flea's eructation about such indiscretions. As a society, it seems we have given over issues of morality to the media, which we know to be immoral. and yet, time upon time, the puffed-ups of the sports world, and their evil twin, the media, go hell for leather at some sports star – frequently, for acts of both a private and personal nature ( John Terry / Tiger Woods et al ) that has zilch to do with their ‘public’ life. And I don’t think that it can all be put down to a commercial decision – I seriously doubt that the fans of Terry or Woods give a flea’s eructation about such indiscretions.
As a society, it seems we have given over issues of morality to the media, which we know to be immoral.

]]> By: Paul Walsh http://www.birdsontheblog.co.uk/are-you-worthy/comment-page-1/#comment-7937 Paul Walsh Wed, 03 Mar 2010 23:17:00 +0000 http://www.birdsontheblog.co.uk/?p=1779#comment-7937 and yet, time upon time, the puffed-ups of the sports world, and their evil twin, the media, go hell for leather at some sports star - frequently, for acts of both a private and personal nature ( John Terry / Tiger Woods et al ) that has zilch to do with their 'public' life. And I don't think that it can all be put down to a commercial decision - I seriously doubt that the fans of Terry or Woods give a flea's eructation about such indiscretions. As a society, it seems we have given over issues of morality to the media, which we know to be immoral. and yet, time upon time, the puffed-ups of the sports world, and their evil twin, the media, go hell for leather at some sports star – frequently, for acts of both a private and personal nature ( John Terry / Tiger Woods et al ) that has zilch to do with their ‘public’ life. And I don’t think that it can all be put down to a commercial decision – I seriously doubt that the fans of Terry or Woods give a flea’s eructation about such indiscretions.
As a society, it seems we have given over issues of morality to the media, which we know to be immoral.

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