of late I have been giving a lot of thought to value on the job. Today we had a meeting at work and were asked to help bring in more clients. That was expected. I know that things have been falling off for some time. However, the rest of the staff sat there and didn't volunteer to help in any way.The first thoughts on my mind was to know whether there was a budget for this drive ( there was not) and whether it was possible to explore unauthodox approaches to the request? I was told no problem at all. now, what we were being asked to do is the job of say, a CEO in a company, and I began to wonder whether a deal could be struck, where, the success of the number of people we could get could equate to raised salaries. But I decided not to bring it up at the meeting, as everyone else was so typically apathetic. What I plan to do instead is ask myself that question as a freelance person instead, How can I give work that clearly shows value and get people to pay for it? I know that I can and I do create value all the time with my work, but I am not necessarily strategic about it, and I can be.I have some traveling to do this year and the places planned are not close by, so funding is crucial, because I don't only want to go on the trips, I also expect that I will return from them with money in hand and no challenges of financial lack like I had last year at one point...so that definitely means being strategic about all of the things I intend on seeing come to pass.