SURPRISE! Raise Up Breakdown - Top 3 Tips Edition

You know us - we’re always talkin’ with industry experts, high-flyin’ CEOs or Human Resource Directors about how to get a raise at work but there’s a tiny problem…

If you’re like me, you listen to a podcast and hear something magic and you’re like “man, that is such a good idea. I should do that.” but you don’t write it down. Life happens and then you never think about it again.

To combat that - I’ve pulled out the top 3 things people have been talking about the most from this podcast and I’m going to give it to you so you can take ACTION.  So if you have 7 minutes to hear the inside scoop, then click the play button now.

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Episode Transcript

Amanda (00:07):
What is up, everybody?
Amanda LeFever here from theRaise Up Podcast, and I'm here
to help you make more money atyour job.
We're going to do somethingspecial today.
Usually, we're talking withindustry experts, high flying
CEOs, or Human ResourceDirectors about how to get a
raise at work.
But there's one tiny issue withthat, they are awesome, and you

(00:28):
should definitely listen to theinterviews, and subscribe to the
podcast and all of those things.
But if you're like me, youlisten to a podcast, or you see
a video on YouTube, and you hearsomething magical, and you're
like, Oh, that is such a goodidea, I should do that.
But you don't write it down, andlife happens, and then you never

(00:50):
think about it again.
So, if you have seven minutes,seven minutes, or less, I pulled
out the top three things peoplehave been talking about the most
from one of our podcasts, andI'm going to give them to you so
you can take action.
So, one of my very first guestson the show was my husband, baby

(01:11):
daddy, Travis LeFever.
And I know I'm biased.
I like him a lot, but he's areally smart guy.
And all of the reviews said thathe had some great advice.
So, are you ready?
Are you ready?
"Are you standing on the edge ofyour seat?" Boom.
I think that's how that songgoes.
So, the first thing he said thatreally struck me was if you want

(01:35):
to get a raise, you have to planfor asking for a raise.
Have you ever heard that oldsaying, and I love this one,
about how"A journey of athousand miles begins with a
single step?" Some people thinkthat means a physical step, but
I personally have never doneanything that I didn't decide to

(01:56):
do first.
It's a mental step.
It's a mental step.
You have to decide you're goingto get a raise, and then plan
how you're going to get there.
And by doing that, your brainwill begin working on how to
make it happen.
When you make a decision, itcreates momentum for you to get
started.
So, decide and write it down.

(02:18):
And trust me here, there isgreat power in the written word.
My experience and behavioralscience show that our commitment
to a plan, and therefore thelikelihood we'll continue even
working on that plan.
It greatly increases when wewrite it down.
I always hear Travis tell hisclasses that"the magic happens

(02:40):
when pencil scratches paper."Alright.
So, time for number two.
So, his second piece of advicewas"you have to know what's fair
to you and what's fair to youremployer." That means you have
to do some research.
And don't let the word fool you.
We're not going back to school,writing research papers.

(03:01):
And I know that all of us havebeen 25 links deep into YouTube
before where you start outwatching a Ted talk or something
educational.
And pretty soon you findyourself watching some video
about Justin Bieber's mom, orlike a clown trimming a bonsai
tree or whatever it is, maybeit's just me.

(03:21):
But anyway, research is verysimilar.
So, get curious about whatpeople in your industry make,
what people in your city make,find good sources of information
you can screenshot or print thedifferent statistics, and then
sit back and compare yourcurrent compensation plan with
that information.
It's not rocket science so,don't overthink it.

(03:44):
So, the third and final thingthat he said that I thought was
insightful was that"getting araise is a process, it's not an
event." I've always been told aprocess is the little things you
do in a certain order to get abig thing done.
And that's right, no matter whatyou're trying to accomplish, you
have to do a lot of littlethings to do a big thing So, you

(04:09):
need a process.
I think thinking, you know,thinking about a raise as a
process, not an event, it doestwo things for you.
It takes the fear out of itbecause it changes the potential
outcomes from yes or no to howlong will it take, right?
So, do you see the difference?
Like it even feels different,there's"no," yes or no.

(04:31):
It's just, how long is thisgonna take?
And if you were, if you look atgetting a raised as an event,
once you make the ask and get itor get turned down, then it's
over.
You'll either be happy orextremely disappointed.
And when something is over, itmakes you stop working on it.

(04:52):
If you look at getting a raiseas a process, then when you ask
for a raise and get it, you'rehappy, and you keep on angling
for the next raise.
And if you don't get it, you'restill in the game.
Right?
Cause it's a process, one"no"doesn't mean it's over.
It's just another step in theprocess.
You can't fail unless you giveup.

(05:15):
There's a lot of power in thatway of thinking.
Okay, that's it for today'sRaise Up breakdown lesson for
all of our thousands oflisteners now and in the future.
Thank you so much.
I love you guys share this withyour friends because they
deserve a raise too.
I'll talk to you soon.

(05:36):
Bye.