Know your worth

What constitutes worth? In short, I would say the valuable attributes you have in relation to how you can productively use them. Examples of attributes include knowledge, intelligence, skill, honesty, wisdom, kindness and empathy. Worth is a combination of all these, in which the sum equates to productivity. All attributes have value, but they have worth if they are used productively.

The compositions of the phrases self-growth and self-worth are differentiated by a single letter, g, and that stands for go, in my mind. You have to go and do something, to grow and have worth. You are valuable; but you are worth as much as you think and make yourself out to be. You have to go forward in your life, and make progress. If you get your mind set on being a productive person then you will become that, with time.

There is an equation that I like to use when looking at my life’s progress:

Current Worth - Past Worth = Progress or Regression

If you have attributes that you could use less productively last year than you can this year (meaning you are more productive), then you have made progress. The opposite equates to regression.

It’s also quite easy to forget just how valuable you are if you don’t remind yourself. The difficulties of life don’t stop attacking your self-worth and self-confidence, you just have to repair and fortify every time. Recall and recite it; tell yourself what you are worth.

In my case, I wake up everyday and I remind myself that I am an author (no longer a beginner), and that I am writing better than I did last year. I remind myself of the progress I have made in my life, and I proceed to go through the day with self-improvement in mind.