Yesterday I touched on some really great advice from Kelly McCausey and Angela Willis from Spark Plugging. I forgot to mention that these women were speaking from experience. It’s one thing to hear someone regurgitate data and bold advice because it sounds good, but when I know someone is giving me a piece of their past it means a heck of a lot more.

So, I had been digesting and working through the tips/advice these ladies were offering yesterday and I came upon this old Newsweek post by Sharon Begley titled Male Chauvinism = Big Paycheck? I was a little shocked at the findings, but a more hopeful at Begley’s conclusion. Basically the study suggested that men with traditional views of women and women in the home tended to make more money; while women with traditional views of women in the home made less money. A little discouraging at the front end, I know, but read on.

Begley on the other hand, which I agree with, argued that where your thoughts go, your career will follow. If the woman who is working believes that she is out of place in her work environment and should really be at home caring for her children then she will not fully apply herself to her work. She may rather take a lesser position deeming herself as less worthy to compete for raises and promotions as her counterparts.

This takes us back to some very sound advice McCausey and Willis offered up yesterday. When you undervalue your skills and abilities you’ll take fewer risks, lower pay and others will begin to do the same.

No matter what field you are in or whether you are working in an office right now or toward an at home career, your value is what you make it. When you begin to change your thinking, set the bar higher and attach the value to your work that it deserves you’ll see transformation come alive.

So today, I challenge you to think non-traditionally.