EdBecerra wrote:Doesn't matter if they're giving to the best of their ability. What matters is that they gave TIME. Time is something you can't get back, and I begrudge every friggin' second I have to spend on someone or something else that doesn't give me pleasure. I have a limited supply of time, therefore, its value is - to me! - infinite.
Your time by itself isn't particularly valuable for those to whom you gave it though. (Actually, in a market sense an hour of your time is worth exactly your hourly wage to your employer regardless of what it's worth to you. But if it's so valuable to you, why are you selling it so cheap?) It's what you do in that time that is really wanted, and why an employer pays for time in the first place. In that sense, the high achiever gives far more quality, or return on the investment to those who are paying him, than others. You're saying such a person shouldn't be rewarded for doing more with his time than others, but I think you won't find much general acceptance for that idea.
