What is your real NET WORTH?
Am I really going there?
You bet...
I heard someone ask today on some video,
Imagine if you lost EVERY “THING” that you have... you lost absolutely every one of your possessions.
Imagine if you found yourself tomorrow morning with NO THING, no car, no house, no clothes other than the ones on your back, no money in the bank, no job, no jewelry, absolutely NOthing...
How would you feel about your WORTH?
So often in this world of ours we work so hard to build our “NET” worth. We work all of our lives to build our “NET” worth so that we can have things and have the means to live a good quality of life in our old age (should we be so fortunate as to get old...)
And, believe me, there is NOTHING wrong with any of that... but, what I find amusing is that is not really your “NET” worth...
Your real NET worth - should be your worth as a human being NET of our possessions...
Our net - being our essence - our worth...
How would you feel about the WORTH of that human being waking up with nothing?
After the initial surprise and sense of loss...
would you have lost anything that is truly valuable?
would you have lost anything that truly matters?
Would you have lost in any way your sense of self?
Would you like the “net” person that is left?
I really like this thought...
What “NET” worth are you focused on building?
The one that can be lost with a bad market, or the one no one can take away from you? Or both? Be honest?
So many people work so hard and feel such pressure from achieving a higher net worth... and are constantly comparing (at least in their minds) their net worth relative to others.
The beauty of our real net worth is that we are all born wealthy... meaning WORTHY... We are born with inherent worth as human beings... and as we grow up we get distracted by the other kind of worth that you can put in the bank.
Sometimes, I believe in the pursuit of “things” worth, we forget or even worse compromise our real net worth.
I believe we are born wealthy - but it takes enlightenment and intention to uncover who we are, understand who we are, to unleash who we are...
It takes effort to appreciate who we are stripped of all of the things that we put around ourselves.
It takes courage to explore who we are stripped of all of the things that we put around ourselves.
It’s so much easier in some ways to reach for the kind of wealth that you put in the bank... it saves us from the difficult task of getting to know who we really, really are... deep down inside.
And, stripped of who we are... the only “things” we have left besides our dreams, our motivation, our character, our abilities, our passions... are the memories, the relationships, the people that we are connected to... and the joy we share with them...
Think about it... think of the people that you admire, the people that inspire you, the people that matter to you... the ones that are VALUABLE to you....
Do they matter because of the things that build up their worth - or for the qualities as a human being that make them worthy... worthy of your admiration?
People that are confused by which worth is more valuable are often confused in the people that they choose to matter to them...
As for me...
I am a rich, rich man... when I think about the “worth” I enjoy in the friends & the family that surround me...
With respect to my own “net”...
I’ve been spent my life chasing the kind of net worth that goes on statements, AND perhaps less deliberately but more passionately I have been working on understanding, increasing and appreciating my real net worth.
And, I get now how much more important our real net worth is... Because it’s our real net worth that drives the true meaning in our life, the ability to experience true joy...
I like who I am today, independent of the things that I’ve put around myself... more than I ever have... and I see my worth in the eyes of those I love, those I work and play with...
But you know the drill... life happens in moments... and there are many moments where I forget, I get distracted, I get confused... and now, I am more aware of focusing appropriately...
Who are you?
Do you know your REAL net worth?
Do you know how to increase it?
Are you ready to unleash it?
I’d argue...
you can’t afford not to...
In harmony,
Nestor