The value isn’t in what you’re working on, the value is bringing yourself into what you do. An obscure nuance, does it even matter? Maybe it doesn’t…. probably to almost everyone. For those that maybe it does.
A tendency to equate our value or worth with our work or what we’re working on. As if doing something important makes us important. Doing something valuable makes us valuable. Doing something creative makes us creative. Doing something intelligent makes us intelligent. Doing something makes us talented. Doing something elite makes us elite. Or… Doing something common makes us common. Doing something low makes us low. Doing something forgettable makes us forgettable.
What if the consideration of our value isn’t a causal dependency – it isn’t about what we’re doing that determines our value. But it’s the value we bring to what we’re doing. The wholeness of who we are, bringing our presence, the fullness of our insight, experiences, intuition and intelligence to what we do.