Do you know your value?

Every single individual is unique with his/her own capability that worth something. Do you actually know what is your market value?

Here is a little short story...

Once upon a time, there was a poor kid, staying in a small orphanage. He had low self-esteem, no friend, keeping head down everyday, feeling himself a piece of crap, wondering why should he be in the world.

One day, his guardian (angel) came to him with a small stone in his hand.


He approached the kid and told him: "Okay kid, you take this stone, bring it to the small market in town, and try to sell it. But, remember, no matter how much you are offered for the stone, do not actually sell it away. Come back to me after the day."

The kid was really puzzling about what had been told. He wondered what was so special with that little stone? He can easily get a similar stone just anywhere on the floor. Anyway, he just did as the guardian said, brought the stone down to the small market in town, found a corner, sat down, put out the stone, and tried to sell it. He sat there quietly for half a day without anybody bothering him. After some times, there were a few people approached him and made offer to him for the stone. The price was as low as less than a dollar. While the kid just did what had been told, rejected whatever offers he got. Surprisingly, miracle does happen. The offered price went up slowly to few dollars at the end of the day.

The kid went back to his guardian and told him about what happened in the market, the guardian smiled, and told the kid, "Alright, tomorrow, you bring the stone down to one of the biggest market in town and do the same thing again. This time, you price the stone a little higher to 10 dollars. Well, remember, do not sell the stone away!".


So the next day, the kid brought the stone with him to the bigger market, thinking, the people from the small market might be able to be fooled, but definitely not the people from one of the biggest market in town. However, he did the same thing again, got to a corner, sat down and started selling the stone. Again, nobody bothered about him at first, but slowly, there were people started staring at his stone, and offered to buy the stone. At the end of the day, the kid run back to his guardian and shouted: "There was a man offered to buy my stone at 80 dollars!!!"

The guardian smiled again, and told the kid, "Let's try something bigger. Tomorrow you bring the stone down to the crystal exhibition hall in the town to sell your stone. Raise your price to 500 dollars, but do not sell it away."


The kid is stunned. Can this little stone fool those crystal experts in the exhibition hall? He did the same thing again the next day, and eventually, the stone worth more than 5 thousands dollars at the end of the day!

So, never ever under estimate yourself, anybody or anything. It is all about marketing, everything will have it's tremendous value under a certain environment, condition. Even a normal stone can worth thousands of dollars. Ask yourself, have you found yourself the right market?