1 00:00:00,780 --> 00:00:05,430 Defining the value of something can often be a difficult thing to accomplish. 2 00:00:05,970 --> 00:00:10,440 Let's say you're looking at a house that's around 2000 square feet that 3 00:00:10,440 --> 00:00:14,040 could be worth different amounts based on if you're in one location 4 00:00:14,070 --> 00:00:17,820 versus another., you might be in the middle of Canada and the prairies, 5 00:00:17,940 --> 00:00:20,940 and it might be a lot cheaper than if you're on the coast near the ocean. 6 00:00:21,809 --> 00:00:26,279 Eating at an expensive restaurant that serves tiny portions of handcrafted 7 00:00:26,279 --> 00:00:30,809 culinary treats may not be worth much to someone that's used to eating at an all. 8 00:00:30,809 --> 00:00:36,480 You can eat buffet and paying 99 cents for an app may sound really 9 00:00:36,480 --> 00:00:40,156 expensive if you're used to all the free alternatives out there, even if it 10 00:00:40,156 --> 00:00:42,106 saves you hours a day in productivity. 11 00:00:42,736 --> 00:00:45,196 So value is clearly relative. 12 00:00:45,343 --> 00:00:49,783 The problem is when it comes to defining your self worth, we default usually 13 00:00:49,783 --> 00:00:51,313 to comparing it to our net worth. 14 00:00:51,973 --> 00:00:55,243 In this episode, we're gonna be exploring how to detach your 15 00:00:55,248 --> 00:00:57,403 self worth from your net worth. 16 00:00:57,883 --> 00:01:00,883 I'm Amin Ahmed, and welcome to be well do well. 17 00:01:01,286 --> 00:01:05,486 before we can explore how to detach our self-worth from our net worth. 18 00:01:05,696 --> 00:01:10,296 Let's actually define what net worth is according to investopedia.com. 19 00:01:10,706 --> 00:01:16,036 Your net worth is the value of your assets minus the liabilities that you own. 20 00:01:16,556 --> 00:01:21,296 So jewelry, art, your cars, houses, these are all assets that you own. 21 00:01:21,716 --> 00:01:25,196 Mortgages credit card debt would all count as your liabilities. 22 00:01:25,946 --> 00:01:28,616 When we look at your net worth, it all comes down to the 23 00:01:28,616 --> 00:01:30,326 material, things that you own. 24 00:01:31,286 --> 00:01:36,506 Now you can probably see where I'm going with this self worth is so much more than 25 00:01:36,511 --> 00:01:38,636 just the material things that you own. 26 00:01:39,193 --> 00:01:43,478 In psychology, self-worth lies at the very core of who we are. 27 00:01:43,808 --> 00:01:49,051 It defines our thoughts, our feelings, and our behaviors self-worth itself is a 28 00:01:49,051 --> 00:01:53,221 really tricky concept to grasp as there's so many different interpretations of 29 00:01:53,221 --> 00:01:58,081 how to determine this intangible idea that we put on ourselves as self-worth. 30 00:01:58,876 --> 00:01:59,806 Common measures. 31 00:01:59,836 --> 00:02:03,916 Like I mentioned earlier, the things that you own that we use to determine 32 00:02:03,976 --> 00:02:08,476 our self worth could also include your physical appearance, who, you know, 33 00:02:08,476 --> 00:02:10,576 what you do for a living and so forth. 34 00:02:11,356 --> 00:02:13,876 all of these are dependent on external factors. 35 00:02:14,926 --> 00:02:20,206 If your house burns down or you lose your job, would your self worth then decrease? 36 00:02:20,446 --> 00:02:21,346 There's gotta be a better. 37 00:02:22,043 --> 00:02:27,203 The key to understanding self-worth is really in self-awareness knowing 38 00:02:27,203 --> 00:02:32,393 yourself who you are and who you want to be is one of the most important factors 39 00:02:32,398 --> 00:02:34,583 in understanding your own worthiness. 40 00:02:35,262 --> 00:02:38,982 When you can accept who you are at this moment in time, acknowledging 41 00:02:38,982 --> 00:02:42,942 all your strengths, all of your weaknesses, and you start to see the 42 00:02:42,942 --> 00:02:45,222 full potential of who you really are. 43 00:02:45,462 --> 00:02:47,952 This is our self worth is actually born. 44 00:02:48,730 --> 00:02:52,180 I've mentioned in many episodes before that we have a planner it's called a be 45 00:02:52,180 --> 00:02:56,882 well do well planner and we take this concept of self worth very seriously. 46 00:02:57,122 --> 00:03:00,632 We implemented it and designed it right into the planner itself. 47 00:03:01,172 --> 00:03:04,712 You start your day by writing down what you envision your 48 00:03:04,712 --> 00:03:06,602 future life to look like in six. 49 00:03:07,637 --> 00:03:11,177 This is specifically designed to tap into that hidden potential. 50 00:03:11,177 --> 00:03:14,897 As I just mentioned, if your self-worth is based on external factors, 51 00:03:15,227 --> 00:03:16,937 then there's this big disconnect. 52 00:03:17,027 --> 00:03:21,407 However, if your self-worth is tied to your potentiality or potential of who 53 00:03:21,407 --> 00:03:26,027 you can be and who you can actualize yourself to be, this is what causes 54 00:03:26,027 --> 00:03:30,587 you to feel more worthiness and for your self worth to increase and. 55 00:03:31,232 --> 00:03:35,432 We designed the daily planner to include a section where you type in or you write in 56 00:03:35,672 --> 00:03:39,842 what your life is gonna look like in six months, this is really tapping into the 57 00:03:39,842 --> 00:03:41,732 hidden potential of who you really are. 58 00:03:42,250 --> 00:03:45,070 You can download the planner from our website, be well, do 59 00:03:45,070 --> 00:03:48,130 well.fm, and just click the link for planner in the navigation. 60 00:03:48,370 --> 00:03:50,560 Or I'll put the link down below in the show notes. 61 00:03:51,940 --> 00:03:52,870 I hope this has been helpful. 62 00:03:52,870 --> 00:03:55,750 It's a short episode, but I definitely wanted to talk about this today 63 00:03:55,800 --> 00:03:59,130 because there's too much going on right now, where people are tying 64 00:03:59,130 --> 00:04:00,660 their self worth to their net worth. 65 00:04:01,020 --> 00:04:04,830 And you see the results of that as mental health issues, you see 66 00:04:04,830 --> 00:04:08,700 suicide amongst teens, that's really unfortunate, but you also see just 67 00:04:08,700 --> 00:04:10,470 generally people are not as happy. 68 00:04:10,680 --> 00:04:15,810 And if we disconnect ourselves from what we own and start to own ourselves in the 69 00:04:15,810 --> 00:04:19,470 potential that we have, this is really what causes our self worth to go up. 70 00:04:19,616 --> 00:04:21,956 In the next episode, I'm gonna be talking about one of my favorite. 71 00:04:22,616 --> 00:04:23,666 Of no hurry. 72 00:04:23,696 --> 00:04:24,566 No pause. 73 00:04:25,046 --> 00:04:27,926 I hope you'll be able to join me for that episode tomorrow. 74 00:04:28,346 --> 00:04:31,496 Thanks again for making the be well, do I podcast a part of your 75 00:04:31,496 --> 00:04:32,726 day and I'll see you tomorrow.