"You get paid for your time AND your skills AND your willingness to exchange both for value, whatever value you choose to receive." Still leaving out one major

"You get paid for your time AND your skills AND your willingness to exchange both for value, whatever value you choose to receive." Still leaving out one major part: the willingness of some other entity to trade your input for money at a mutually agreeable rate. You can be willing to trade 55 hours a week of high-quality work for $3 million a year and not find an employer.