I’m Andy Henry,
I’ve been using the Internet for marketing purposes since 1999 and I’ve used just about every method you could hear of.
I’ve created this blog so that I can share what works and what doesn’t with anyone who’s walking a similar path and doesn’t want to have to relearn the lessons I learned the hard (and long) way.
Your core value - Can you ignore your situation?
June 9th, 2009 by andyHi,
I’m sat in Luton airport as I type this at an Internet terminal and I paid £2 to get 20 minutes because I wanted to share a story with you.
As I sat here contemplating life, the universe and everything, I was reminded of a story I read recently and wanted to share with you.
I’m remembering from memory so this isn’t word-for-word but you’ll get the idea.
It was about a seminar speaker who wanted to get people to stop using whatever their current situation was as an excuse for why they couldn’t be successful.
The speaker held up a £20 note and asked who in the audience would like to have it - lots of hands went up.
The speaker then crumpled the note up and asked again - lots of hands went up.
The speaker then threw the note to the floor and stood on it grinding it into the ground with his foot and asked the question again - all of the same hands went up.
Now, the message here is that even though the note was not in its original perfect condition - its intrinsic value was still there and desired by the audience.
Quite often when we apply this analogy to our own sense of self-worth, as soon as we’re not happy with the external appearance - we perceive ourselves as less valuable.
In truth - most of the reasons we use to tell ourselves that we’re not valuable are actually nothing to do with our true value, and often others will still think that too - but for some reason we’re hard on ourselves and can even feel worthless when a few things in our environment come together and we use them to represent our own value.
The next time you feel less valuable because of your body, your finances, your mindset, your relationships - remind yourself that like the £20 note, these things are superficial and not related to your true value - which cannot be removed.
Everyone has special value which whether they see it or not, and whether others see it or not - is always present and waiting to be appreciated.
Andy
June 17th, 2009 at 7:31 pm
Great story, I’ll remember that next time I’m not feeling so good …..
August 19th, 2009 at 5:36 am
Hi, I love that story, it is so true, we get focus on the exterior too much. I do think that someone from the audience should have grabbed it!