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Eliminate the Word “Trying” from Your Vocabulary

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Eliminate the Word “Trying” from Your Vocabulary

Then watch how effortless it becomes to attain your goals

Neeramitra Reddy
Feb 24, 2022
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Eliminate the Word “Trying” from Your Vocabulary

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Do you know why companies give massive ESOPs and encourage employees to identify with their job?

It’s thanks to the principal-agent problem — the conflict of interest between the owner of an entity and a worker.

As an agent (employee), you’d care about your compensation, work-life balance, and perks. For the principal (employer), how much you improve the balance sheet reigns king.

But when your company makes you a shareholder and you default to saying, “I am a Software Engineer at Google” instead of “I work as a Software Engineer at Google”?

With a fat dollop of principal’s white poured in, the black of being an agent turns a shade of grey.

Life’s a principle-agent problem as well. While your current self and life are the principal, your dream life is the agent.

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