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Een argument vir groot bonusse is dat die uitvoerende amptenare hard werk vir dit en verdien dit regverdig en vierkante,,en,Dit is waar dat sommige van hierdie bestuurders spandeer enorme hoeveelheid tyd,,en,tot,,en,uur per dag,,en,volgens die AIG uitvoerende onder die soeklig hier,,en,moenie lang ure en harde werk outomaties maak ons,,en,as Tracy Chapman dit stel,,en,Ek het taxibestuurders in Singapoer ontmoet wat ply die strate uur nadat uil-verskuiwing uur voordat hulle selfs kan breek,,en,Blykbaar was die huurgeld die cabbies moet betaal is redelik hoog,,en,en hulle uiteindelik besig om konsekwent langer as die meeste bestuurders,,en,Verder buite ons morele horison,,en,menslike slum honde voer vullishope vir stukkies hulle kan eet of te verkoop,,en,Back-breaking arbeid,,en,Lang ure,,en,verskriklike werksomstandighede,,en,en hard-hard werk,,en,maar geen bonus,,en. It is true that some of these executives spend enormous amount of time (up to 10 te 14 hours a day, according the AIG executive under the spotlight here). Maar, do long hours and hard work automatically make us “those who deserve the best in life,” as Tracy Chapman puts it?
I have met taxi drivers in Singapore who ply the streets hour after owl-shift hour before they can break even. Apparently the rentals the cabbies have to pay are quite high, and they end up working consistently longer than most executives. Farther beyond our moral horizon, human slum dogs forage garbage dumps for scraps they can eat or sell. Back-breaking labour, Ek dink. Long hours, terrible working conditions, and hard-hard work — but no bonus.
Dit lyk vir my asof harde werk het baie min korrelasie met wat 'n mens is geregtig op,,en,Ons moet elders kyk na regverdiging vind om dit wat ons oorweeg ons as gevolg van,,en. We have to look elsewhere to find justifications to what we consider our due.
I recently got a crazy idea. Suppose I tell you, “I will give you a ten-million-dollar job for a month. But I will have to kill you in two months.” Natuurlik, you will have to know that I am serious. Let’s say I am an eccentric billionaire. Will you take the ten million dollars?
I am certain that most people will not take this job offer. In werklikheid, there is a movie with Johnny Depp and Marlon Brando (IMDb tells me that it is The Brave) where Depp’s character actually takes up such an offer. Vyf-en-twintig duisend,,en,was die prys waarop hy die res van sy lewe ooreengekom het,,en,Vir sommige van ons,,en,die prys kan hoër wees,,en,maar dit is moontlik dat daar 'n prys is waarop ons sal saamstem,,en,my prys is oneindig,,en,Ek sou die res van my lewe vir geen bedrag geld verhandel nie,,en,Wat help dit my om al die geld in die wêreld te hê as ek nie die tyd het om dit te spandeer nie,,en,hierdie houding van my stem nie ooreen met wat ek doen nie,,en,en ook nie heeltemal onheilspellend nie,,en,Dit is amper niks in die regte lewe nie,,en,As ons sê dat ons nie tyd vir geld sal verruil nie,,en,hoe kom ons dan nou graag aan ons werkgewers?,,en,Is dit net dat ons nie waardeer wat ons doen nie?,,en,Of dat ons tyd beperk is,,en,Ek dink dat die ruil tussen tyd en geld nie reguit is nie,,en, Ek glo, was the price that he agreed upon for the rest of his life. For some of us, the price may be higher, but it is possible that there is a price that we will agree upon.
Vir my, my price is infinite — I wouldn’t trade the rest of my life for any amount of money. What does it help me to have all the money in the world if I don’t have the time to spend it? Maar, this stance of mine is neither consistent with what I do, nor fully devoid of hypocrisy. Hardly anything in real life is. If we say we won’t trade time for money, then how come we happily sell our time to our employers? Is it just that we don’t appreciate what we are doing? Or that our time is limited?
I guess the trade off between time and money is not straight forward. Dit is nie 'n lineêre skaal nie,,en,As ons nie geld het nie,,en,dan is ons tyd niks werd nie,,en,Ons is bereid om dit vir byna niks te verkoop nie,,en,Die rede is duidelik,,en,dit kos geld om liggaam en siel bymekaar te hou,,en,Sonder 'n blote minimum geld,,en,daar is inderdaad geen tyd meer om te verkoop nie,,en,Terwyl ons 'n bietjie geld verdien,,en,'n bietjie meer as die blote minimum,,en,ons begin tyd meer waardeer,,en,Maar namate ons meer geld verdien,,en,ons besef dat ons nog meer kan verdien deur meer tyd te verkoop,,en,want die tyd is nou meer werd,,en,Hierdie implisiete bose kringloop is miskien die dryfkrag vir hierdie mal rottewedloop wat ons rondom ons sien,,en,Verkoopstyd is 'n interessante konsep,,en,Ons verkoop duidelik ons ​​tyd aan diegene wat ons betaal,,en,Werknemers verkoop tyd aan hul werkgewers,,en,Entrepreneurs verkoop hul tyd aan die kliënte,,en,en in die ontplooiing van hul besighede,,en. If we have no money, then our time is worth nothing. We are willing to sell it for almost nothing. The reason is clear — it takes money to keep body and soul together. Without a bare minimum of money, there indeed is no time left to sell. As we make a bit of money, a bit more than the bare minimum, we begin to value time more. But as we make more money, we realize that we can make even more by selling more time, because the time is worth more now! This implicit vicious circle may be what is driving this crazy rat race that we see all around us.
Selling time is an interesting concept. We clearly do sell our time to those who pay us. Employees sell time to their employers. Entrepreneurs sell their time to the customers, and in deploying their businesses. Maar daar is 'n wesenlike verskil tussen hierdie twee maniere van verkoop,,en,Terwyl werknemers hul tyd een keer verkoop,,en,sakemanne verkoop hul tyd verskeie kere,,en,Só ook skrywers en akteurs,,en,Hulle bestee 'n sekere hoeveelheid tyd aan alles wat hulle doen,,en,maar die produkte wat hulle skep,,en,boek,,en,besigheid,,en,liedjies ens.,,en,word oor en oor verkoop,,en,Dit is waarom hulle hul miljoene en biljoene kan verdien, terwyl diegene wat vir iemand anders werk dit baie moeilik is om regtig ryk te word,,en. While employees sell their time once, businessmen sell their time multiple times. So do authors and actors. They spend a certain amount of time doing whatever they do, but the products they create (book, business, films, Windows XP, songs etc.) are sold over and over again. That is why they can make their millions and billions while those who work for somebody else find it is very difficult to get really rich.
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