[Verse 1] Last quarter I delivered three things with pride A market report, training deck, and project guide But here's the question that changed how I see What did it cost me versus what it could cost thee The report took me twenty hours to complete Research and charts, making data look neat But if those numbers had led us astray A million-dollar decision could go the wrong way [Chorus] Production cost, consequence cost Find the gap between what's made and what's lost That's your value, that's your worth The difference shows what you bring to this earth Production low, consequence high That's the sweet spot where your skills multiply Your defensible value lies between What you spend and what mistakes would mean [Verse 2] The training deck took thirty hours to design Teaching new hires how to read the bottom line Cost me some time but saved the company more If they'd learned wrong, errors would soar Bad training spreads like a virus through teams Compounding mistakes, destroying best schemes My thirty hours versus months of repair Shows the true value that I bring to share [Chorus] Production cost, consequence cost Find the gap between what's made and what's lost That's your value, that's your worth The difference shows what you bring to this earth Production low, consequence high That's the sweet spot where your skills multiply Your defensible value lies between What you spend and what mistakes would mean [Bridge] Pick your three from the quarter past Calculate the gap, make the math last What you made it for, what it could cost That's the value that can't be lost When robots can produce but can't understand The weight of being wrong, you'll make your stand [Verse 3] The project guide took forty hours of my week Outlining processes that others now seek If I'd gotten it wrong, teams would have failed Deadlines missed, budgets derailed Forty hours from me saves thousands for them That's the equation, that's the true gem Not just what I made but what I prevented That's where my value is truly presented [Final Chorus] Production cost, consequence cost Find the gap between what's made and what's lost That's your value, that's your worth The difference shows what you bring to this earth Production low, consequence high That's the sweet spot where your skills multiply Your defensible value lies between What you spend and what mistakes would mean [Outro] Three deliverables, three calculations clear Your defensible value will always appear In the space between effort and consequence cost That's the value that can never be lost
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