i want to share a very
important story with you today
it's a story i think everyone should
hear
before he died a father said to his son
here is a watch your grandfather gave me
it's almost 200 years old before i give
it to you
go to the jewelry store in the city tell
them that i
want to sell it and see how much they
offer me
the son went to the jewelry store came
back to his father
and said they offered 100 because
it is so old the father said well
try the pawn shop the son went to the
pawn shop
came back to his father and said the
pawn shop offered only 20 dollars
because
it has a scratch the father asked his
son to go to the museum
and show them the watch the sun quietly
questioned his father's judgment but
still
willing to act on his father's last
wishes he went to the museum
and when he came back he said to his
father the curator offered 370
000 for this rare piece to be included
in their precious antique collection
the father responded i wanted to show
you
that the right place will value you in
the right way
don't find yourself in the wrong place
and get angry
because you are not valuable never
stay in a place where someone doesn't
see your value
or you don't feel appreciated
if you don't know your value you will
always settle for far less
than you deserve people who don't know
their value
settle for far less than they are worth
in relationships or their friendships
when it comes to their profession or
their job
they know they are worth more but they
settle for someone else's definition
of their worth that is the difference
between most
people and the few that is the
difference between people who
love the life they have created for
themselves
and those who can't stand the life they
are living
you have to know your worth most
people will allow just about anyone
to influence their perception of
themselves
but people who love their life refuse to
accept the opinions
of small-minded people they refuse to be
put in a box
they will not be defined by anyone
but themselves they know their value
is set by themselves by their own
thoughts about who they are not someone
else's opinion of
what they are worth don't let them put a
price on you
you set your own price and don't go
giving discounts to other people so you
can fit in or be liked
people pleasers never end up happy in
the end
put yourself first you must build your
self-worth
by the work you do every day you build
it by the way that you show up every
single day
day in and day out no excuses no
shortcuts
just a relentless dedication to be the
best
that you can be if you have someone in
your life
that tries to diminish your abilities in
any way
the time has come to move those
people along it's time to awaken that
part of you
that demands more from your life because
only you know what you are truly
capable of it's time to wake up and
shock the world
shock those who doubted you with a
disturbing level of determination
shock those who doubted you with a
commitment to
excellence that cannot be matched by
those
of weak heart shock those who doubted
you with the actions you take
today as you draw a line in the sand and
commit
to becoming the person no one thought
you could be
because only you know what you
are truly capable of
in this world you only have to
earn the respect of one person that
person
is you you determine the level you
demand of yourself
it's time to demand more it's time to
prove
once and for all who you are who you
will become
and what you will never settle for again
raise your standards rise up
to a higher level and let no one
question
your integrity again day by day
brick by brick you start now
you build the foundations through the
self work
you put in every single day build
yourself
up by becoming an unbreakable force an
unstoppable machine
fueled by the results you get from the
work you put in today
and every day from this day until your
last day
no more when you settle for someone
else's opinion
of your value now you determine your
value
through your self-worth your
self-education
your self-determination of your own
destiny
the destiny that is in your hands your
pride grows
stronger every day from the work you
put in the time for change is
now when it comes to your own self-worth
there is no tomorrow
know your worth and never ever
settle for anything less
you