A Big Salary: Do you qualify for one?

If you think making more money is difficult, think again. Hint: Think!

Have you heard a friend grumble to you about their measly salary lately? Maybe its you doing the complaining. You will need to think and do something to qualify for a big salary, if that is what you want and provided you have the ambition.

A friend, lets call him Alex, had a job as a teacher in a good school. He enjoyed his job, and was a star with his students and other teachers in the school. Although the job gave him loads of satisfaction - seeing his student's flourish, learn, pass exams - he was not happy with his pay packet.

Not having enough money at the end of each month was a problem. It was nice having a good job and one he enjoyed but that wasn't going to pay the bills and put food on the table. He wanted a big salary, but he understood that his job did not carry a big salary. Unless he became a head teacher and that clearly would take time, besides his worry was for the present moment, not sometime in the future.

Realising his job did not carry a big salary, and in need of one, he made the decision to change jobs. The decision was a big one, but one he had to take although he knew he was going to miss being a teacher. The lack of money was making him unhappy and was soon going to affect his teaching.

To get a big salary, he had to think and lot into jobs with big salaries, and in an industry he would enjoy. Before long, he was reading, taking courses and exams so he could enter his chosen industry. Alex is now working in a job with a big salary, and he is enjoying it too. He also plans to return to teaching later on, when he won't have to worry about the money.

You have a choice and the ability to determine how you want your life to be. You can decide to make more money or settle for less. You can't get a big salary working in a job that does not pay a big salary. You can't settle for being the office clerk and expect to be paid the salary of an manager. You will have to think and act if you want to make more money.