As you pursue your next job in the business
world, keep in mind the primary privilege and responsibilities that go
along with a career in business. Whether you are a business owner, CEO, manager, or
front-line employee, a career in business consists of certain fundamentals.
The greatest privilege of a career in business is not making guaranteed money. A
person has roughly the same odds of creating a personal net worth of $5 mn in a
business career as he or she would have playing
the lottery. If a person took the $200,000 (at least) that was invested in college and
graduate school and instead bought lottery
tickets, he or she would have roughly the same
chance of amassing $5 mn in personal net worth.
The road to financial riches has become exceptionally rockier over the past
decade. Some have made it big and some have lost it all. So gaining guaranteed wealth and
a financially worry-free retirement is most definitely not a part of every business career.
However, every person in business does share one privilege.
Every employee from the top to the bottom of a corporation's orgaizational
chart gets to be a part of what I call `the big adventure of
business', which is the daily challenge to create value, let people
know of the value that has been created, and attempt to sell that value for a
fair reimbursement. |