What are you risking and is it worth it?
So
lately there has been a large and very misunderstood discussion on the pay
structure for CEO’s of large organizations and other leaders. I have met my
CEO, a couple of his direct reports, and many of their direct reports. Now can
you imagine how hard it is to get on these leaders calendar, even for 30 minutes?!?! I have had some very personal and developmental discussions with
leaders, who are a few levels below the CEO, and these types of positions are not
for the faint of heart. At this level we cannot sole evaluate the leader based on their compensation, we also need to look at the opportunity cost.

"A benefit, profit, or value of something that must be given up to acquire or achieve something else. Since every resource (land, money, time, etc.) can be put to alternative uses, every action, choice, or decision has an associated opportunity cost.Opportunity costs are fundamental costs in economics, and are used in computing cost benefit analysis of a project. Such costs, however, are not recorded in the account books but are recognized in decision making by computing the cash outlays and their resulting profit or loss."Read more: Business Dictionary

Many naïve
people think of all the money, influence, and glamour… but, do they also consider the opposite side of the metaphorical coin: being on call 24/7, traveling 70% of the time, the stress and sleepless
nights, the high levels of pressure to perform on a daily basis, the lack of
personal life, the very small circle of trust worthy friends (and ever shrinking),
finally and most importantly, is the inability to go home and turn your job
off.
In a nut shell, if you are motivated by anything other than opportunity to change peoples lives at the expense of your own, than you really should strongly wonder, "is this all really worth it to me?"
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