by Effie Moore Salem

Created on: January 08, 2009   Last Updated: September 27, 2010

Who benefits or who loses from our everyday activities? If not ourselves, then whom? We are always self-employed no matter where we are employed is a new concept in work ethics. Thinking in this way tells us that we are the sum of our thoughts. No matter how secure we are in our present employment what we do reflects our ability to improve on our earning power and our quality of life.

As homemakers we are as much in control of our work ethic as if we are managers at a local hospital, shoe salesmen, part-time burger flippers at MacDonald's, etc. This is so because we are the only ones who can improve on our day to day thoughts on the importance of the job at hand and how we view our present situation. As an example, we can be careless and earn a reputation that will detract from our potential ability to find work or to keep the present job.

Writing is a good example of the work ethic. We must never allow ourselves to be satisfied with the work in progress until we have done the best we know how. Even though we are not trained as writers this part of our communication skills should never be neglected.

It says to our employer or potential employer we have other skills that could be useful on down the line. Knowing correct grammar and how to punctuate and the correct writing style is often what will get us an interview over others who didn't understand the difference between their and there or you're or your.

Being on time for appointments is another area where we are always self-employed. Even though we are only taking the baby in for a check-up, we must get there on time and not intentionally or unintentionally foul up the time management at the office.

Putting ourselves in their place and understanding their job roles will help here. In essence and for this one day, we are not only self-employed, we are doing field work on the necessity of getting to where we are to be on time. This falls under reducing laziness and to guard against that when we are technically not employed - outside of our permanent self-employed job, that is - we arise to a new occasion each dawn.

Another area that will keep us self-employed all of our lives is respect for others. We attempt to put ourselves in their place and see how well we would probably do if we were in their shoes. In this way we are less likely to be critical and equally important, we have not sabotaged our own worth ethic.

Although difficult to be appear to others as we would want, we forgive ourselves, as we forgive

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