THE CORPRENEUR BRIEF Intelligence for the executive who's building beyond the org chart. Issue #013 | Monday, June 22nd

I want to talk about something this week that nobody in your organization is going to say to your face.

You've been paying a loyalty tax.

Not a financial tax. Something quieter than that. And in a lot of ways more expensive.

Here's what it looks like. You stay all in on your employer because that's what good professionals do. You don't build a platform because it might look like you're planning to leave. You don't take outside advisory conversations because it feels like a conflict of interest. You don't invest in your external reputation because the internal one feels like enough. And every year you do that, the gap between what you're worth inside your company and what you're worth in the open market gets wider without you even noticing.

Your employer knows your value. They've priced it at your salary and benefits package. The market doesn't know your value because you've never given it a reason to find out.

And here's what makes it a tax. It's not a one-time cost. It compounds. Every year you spend building exclusively inside one organization is another year the market doesn't know you exist. Another year your external reputation stays flat while your internal one grows. Another year someone with your same credentials but a platform is fielding inbound opportunities that never come your way.

This week I want you to do one thing. Calculate what the loyalty tax has cost you.

How many years have you been building exclusively inside your employer? If you had spent even a few of those years building a consistent external presence, what would your market position look like today? What conversations would you already be having?

That gap is not a source of regret. It's a source of urgency. And urgency is useful.

Come back Wednesday. We're going deeper on this.

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Jay Britton

 Preparation × Discipline = Compound Interest