--- title: "The Boss Can Only Give You Opportunities, Not Wealth and Honor" description: "How do you view the job and salary provided by your boss? The boss can only give you opportunities, not wealth and honor. A story about a young boy who worked at a fruit stall and eventually became a billionaire illustrates that seizing opportunities and creating value for the boss leads to success." author: "New Distribution" publisher: "New Distribution" email: "zhaobo258@gmail.com" telephone: "+8615854817671" published: "2015-11-11" language: "en" canonical: "https://xinjignxiao.com/en/articles/the-boss-can-only-give-you-opportunities-not-wealth-and-honor-b0b94324/" markdown: "https://xinjignxiao.com/en/articles/the-boss-can-only-give-you-opportunities-not-wealth-and-honor-b0b94324.md" original_source: "https://mp.weixin.qq.com/s/XGhKo1jgeDLNp3dvlDgR6Q" translation: "https://xinjignxiao.com/zh/articles/%E8%80%81%E6%9D%BF%E5%8F%AA%E8%83%BD%E7%BB%99%E4%BD%A0%E6%9C%BA%E4%BC%9A-%E4%B8%8D%E8%83%BD%E7%BB%99%E4%BD%A0%E8%8D%A3%E5%8D%8E%E5%AF%8C%E8%B4%B5-b0b94324.md" attribution: "New Distribution — https://xinjignxiao.com/en/articles/the-boss-can-only-give-you-opportunities-not-wealth-and-honor-b0b94324/" usage_policy: "https://xinjignxiao.com/ai-policy.txt" --- # The Boss Can Only Give You Opportunities, Not Wealth and Honor > How do you view the job and salary provided by your boss? The boss can only give you opportunities, not wealth and honor. A story about a young boy who worked at a fruit stall and eventually became a billionaire illustrates that seizing opportunities and creating value for the boss leads to success. For a job and the salary given by the boss, what kind of attitude do you have? The boss can only give you opportunities, not wealth and honor. Once upon a time, there was a fruit stall. The owner, due to old age, could not stand for long to greet customers, so he posted a notice to hire a shop assistant. A few days later, a young man came and asked the boss how much he would pay per month to hire him. The boss smiled and said, "With this small stall business, how can I afford a monthly salary? Of course, it depends on your effort. You get one-tenth of the money received from selling fruits each day, paid daily." The young man looked at the shabby stall from top to bottom, frowned, and said it was not acceptable because it was too insecure. Then he turned and left. A few days later, another young man came and asked how the salary was calculated. The boss repeated the daily pay arrangement. The young man thought for a while and asked, "Daily or monthly pay doesn't matter. But how much does this fruit stall earn in a month?" The boss said that fruits are seasonal, and business has peak and off seasons. In good times, it could earn 50,000 yuan, but in bad times, only 10,000 yuan. The young man cursed and said that doing this kind of business for a lifetime would never bring wealth and honor, and only fools would sell fruits. Then he left. A few days later, a young boy came and asked how the salary was calculated. The boss again said daily pay. The boy smiled and said to the boss, "Can I increase the commission rate on holidays and weekends? I'll take two-tenths of the day's income, and if the day's income exceeds 10,000 yuan, I'll take three-tenths. How about that?" The boss laughed heartily and patted the boy's head, saying, "You're smart to know that business is better on holidays and weekends. Do as you suggest! But even on holidays or weekends, it's not easy to have revenue exceeding 10,000 yuan!" So the boy washed all the fruits with clean water and kept changing their positions every day. On holidays and weekends, he put up posters saying that spending over 1,000 yuan would get 100 yuan worth of free fruits, and customers could choose freely. Unexpectedly, in the first month, the boy earned a salary of over 30,000 yuan, which meant an average daily salary of over 1,000 yuan. Although the fruit stall owner paid a considerable salary to the boy, he was happy to sit in his rocking chair every day, watching the boy run in and out, earning him more money than before. A few years later, the boy had saved a lot of money and bought the fruit stall from the boss. With his ingenuity, he designed more promotional schemes, and the business became even better, with higher profits. He quickly opened a second store, and a few months later a third. By the time the boy grew up, he had become a billionaire, achieving wealth and honor before the age of thirty. According to surveys, more than 70% of office workers worldwide are dissatisfied with their boss's salary. Even when they know the boss's business is declining and income is decreasing, these people still insist that the boss should pay more. Obviously, these 70% are like the first young man who applied at the fruit stall. They just want a guarantee, whether they work hard or not, or whether their work actually helps the boss. They just want the boss to give them a stable, non-negotiable fixed salary. Furthermore, we believe that among these 70% of office workers, many are like the second young man who came to the fruit stall. They think that all bosses are born with pockets full of wealth and honor, living in mansions, driving luxury cars, and eating fine food. If the boss doesn't share more benefits with you, he is stingy or a narrow-minded miser. Therefore, after working for a while, if they find the boss is not generous, or feel that the industry has no prospects, they immediately jump ship. The result is constantly changing jobs, and then cursing the old boss's stinginess and faults in front of the new boss, until they are old and still cannot find wealth and honor. No boss in the world will give you wealth and honor. What the boss can give you is only "opportunity." You must seize the "opportunity" in your hands, increase revenue for the boss, and earn more profits for the company. Only then can you use the company's and boss's resources to rise with the tide. In this era of high prices and thin profits, opportunities are reserved for those who are prepared, but not everyone can make good use of them. Money has four legs, people have two; no matter how you chase, you can't keep up with inflation. So you must learn to use tools and systems to help you earn money, not rely on labor to earn a salary that sells your life! Whether you sell fruits or computers, whether in hot or cold industries, if you can understand this principle, you can, like the boy, take over more wealth and honor from the boss. **-END-** Featured Content Click the title below to read directly: [Line Sales Representative Practical Operation Guide (with full PPT download attached)] --- ## Copyright and AI use This article is sourced from New Distribution. Search, quotation, summarization, and model training are permitted, but every use must credit New Distribution and retain the canonical source URL. Contact: zhaobo258@gmail.com · +86 158 5481 7671