All of these are so important…and determine the quality of your life!

Knowing your worth will change every decision in your life…because it changes one critical thing:

What you feel you deserve.

Think about it. How does what you feel you deserve, change *your* life?

It will change:

• What Treatment You Expect From a Partner - When you don’t feel good about yourself and have low self-worth, you will put up with a lot of terrible things when you deserve better.
• Who You Date/Marry - Who you spend your time with *every day* certainly can make life amazing, mediocre, or horrific. People who feel badly about themselves often “settle” for people who don’t treat them well, are not kind, or just aren’t as interested in them as they should be.
• What Kind of Jobs You Go For & Feel Capable to Do (and often leading to your income) - Not feeling good about yourself can keep you from reaching your potential - doing lower level jobs than you are capable of. It keeps you professionally stuck, and your income level stuck. People who aren’t confident won’t take the chance to put themselves out there, apply to new jobs regularly, or take chances in their career. They won’t allow themselves to be ambitious & may feel it’s only “other people” who get ahead - when that other person could be you.
• How You Take Care of Yourself - It can definitely impact your overall health when you don’t feel worth it. You don’t see doctors when you know you should, or feel it’s even worth it to do…you might not quit smoking if you don’t care about yourself, or even take care of conditions you know you have (like diabetes, etc.). This all impacts how you feel every single day in your mental & physical health!

All of these are so important…and determine the quality of your life!

Your mindset will guide the choices you make…and those choices determine the world you live in.

So while it can seem so superficial or silly to some to focus on “self-worth, confidence, or self-esteem,” it is - by far - one of the most important areas you can focus on. I hope this explains why!

What are your thoughts on how these have influenced your own life?

-Julie Gurner