This came to mind while I was working today. There are only ever so few reasons why one would be given a high salary. The reasons can be summarized as the following. Also, I'm attaching the downfall of each reason, just to make it realistic.
People are paid more if... but then... :
(a) they can toil in the soil more: labourers, people who produce things, cooks, tailors, taxi drivers... one day you don't work, you don't get paid.
(b) they know more: professionals like lawyers, doctors, surgeons, architects, engineers, lecturers, researchers, pharmacists... if you mess up once, you're ruined for life.
(c) they have more experience: this is gradual but the people who fall into this category include professors, managers, CEOs, si fu's... you have to be pretty old first before the high salary comes
(d) they are willing to sacrifice more: sacrificing time with the family, doing Overtime, staying back during the weekends, staying overseas for long periods of time, away from girlfriends, husbands, children, parents... you're not at loss if you are a loner... or an assassin. I assume assassins are highly paid cause they have to wear black ALL the time.
(e) they are entertainers: singers, actors, superstars... they get hogged by the paparazzi and can't even pick their nose in public without the picture coming out on the covers the next day.
So if you don't fall into any of the above categories... and you are still highly paid, and you have an opening where you work, or you need an assistant who gets to live on company expenses, drop me a line. I kid. If you don't fall into any of the above categories, do not fret, do not worry, be glad that you are one of 99.9999% of the Earth's population.
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