Knowing you’re underpaid hurts.
But knowing you’re underused is worse.
At first, you notice it.
You know you’ve got more to give.
You keep raising your hand and asking for more.
But you keep getting dismissed.
And if this doesn’t change, then something else does.
You.
Gradually your ambition dulls.
You adapt to a lowering ceiling.
You stop trying to grow.
You begin to accept this as the norm.
But it’s not.
You’re just staying in a place that doesn’t require your full potential.
You wouldn’t stand to be underpaid.
So why are you accepting being underused?