We all get paid to produce, whether we think of it that way or not. Just like professional athletes get paid to entertain, teachers get paid to educate, and personal trainers get paid to get us in shape, we get paid with the expectation of achieving a certain result for our employer or our client. Everyone gets paid to produce, and when you stop producing, you stop getting paid. The more value you produce (whether it is in quantity or quality), the more you get paid. The more value you produce, the greater your job security. You’ll always be able to find a job/keep a job if you produce more value than the company is paying you AND if you are ethically obtaining those results/abiding by the team’s core values.