Is It Time to Start Valuing Yourself?

JT - You are the only person on earth who can use your ability.” – Zig Ziglar

One thing I have been investigating for a while now is value and remembering we are more than what we do. I have a mantra I use to remember this and it is a nice reminder I share with clients when I am supporting them to start valuing themselves. Today, I wanted to discus value a bit more.

What Does Value Mean?

There are many definitions and ways to look at value and valuing yourself. Some of them include –

“.to rate or scale in usefulness, importance, or general worth,” and “to estimate or assign the monetary worth of” ~ Merriam-Webster
“.the importance or worth of something for someone” ~ Cambridge Dictionaries Online
“.relative worth, merit, or importance” and “estimated or assigned worth; valuation” ~ Dictionary.com
“Self-value is more behavioural than emotional, more about how you act toward what you value, including yourself, than how you feel about yourself compared to others” ~ Steven Stosny

Where Do We Discover Value?

We can discover value in many places. For many reasons, I have investigated values and discovered we can anchor our value essentially in three places – internally and externally and of course both. For example, we could value –

Appearance: My value is dependent upon appearance or I value appearance,
Competition: My value links to how well I do in relation to other people or I value how well I do in relation to others, .
Education / Academia: My value is influenced on how I do in my educational achievements or I value how well I do in my educational achievements,
Family Support: My value is contingent upon what my family desire for me or I value my family support,
God’s Love: My value is influenced by what God thinks of me or I value what God thinks of me,
Other People’s Approval: My value is dependent upon what other people think of me or I value what other people think of me,
Virtue: My value is dependent upon my own virtues and living by those or I value living by my virtues,

As you can see the above aspects of value can be both internal and external. It depends upon where we focus our attention and obviously value can be linked across more than one. I also think there can be more areas we can link value – for example the amount of money we have.

5 Great Quotes to Inspire You to Value Yourself

There are many great quotes on valuing yourself, including – ,

“Until you value yourself, you won’t value your time. Until you value your time, you will not do anything with it.” ~ M. Scott Peck
“If you can’t see your value, the world doesn’t give value back.” ~ Kate Northrup,
“Value yourself. The only people who appreciate a doormat are people with dirty shoes.” ~ Leo F. Buscaglia
“Strong people have a strong sense of self-worth and self-awareness; they don’t need the approval of others.” ~ Roy T. Bennett
“The most terrifying thing is to accept oneself completely.” ~ C.G. Jung

To Realise the Value Of…

“To realise the value of ONE YEAR, ask a student who failed a grade.

To realise the value of ONE MONTH, ask a mother who gave birth to a premature baby.

To realise the value of ONE WEEK, ask the editor of a weekly newspaper.

To realise the value of ONE DAY, ask the person who was born on February 29th.

To realise the value of ONE HOUR, ask the lovers who are waiting to meet.

To realise the value of ONE MINUTE, ask a person who missed the train.

To realise the value of ONE SECOND, ask a person who just avoided an accident.

To realise the value of ONE MILLISECOND, ask the person who won a silver medal in the Olympics”.

Original author – Anonymous