[kgin]

This is the difference between being an owner and an employee.

As an owner, your work is valued by the income it brings to the business. As an employee, your work is valued by the amount it cost to replace you with another qualified worker.

[waynesonfire]

What's the insight here? Since customers pay the business (read the owners) the least amount it costs them to replace the company with another qualified business.

[kgin]

If you do work as an owner, your work is valued by the market value of the result of your work.

If you do work as an employee, the only thing that matters is the market value of your labor, regardless of the result. It doesn't matter how much business value you add.