Add value:

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Add value.

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That’s the goal of my content.

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Create something that provides value to people.

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Whether or not they like it, the goal should be to teach them something.

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Did they get something new out of what I’ve done.

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I won’t be able to do it every time, but if one person can get value out of what I’ve created, it was worth it.

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How do you measure value?

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Good question.

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Most people today use social media likes and followers to measure it.

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They use their bank account.

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Or the amount of nice things they have.

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Does that make you valuable?

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Does that mean you provided value to people?

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You could argue yes.

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Those who are more successful monetarily have clearly created something of value.

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And I’m talking about the founders and entrepreneurs here.

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Not the inheriters of wealth who have no central purpose in life besides how to spend money.

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I’m talking about the people who have actually built something.

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They’ve provided value to the world and been compensated for it.

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But value is hard to define.

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Value is personal.

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We all value things differently.

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Some may find value in their pet, or their spouse or their kids.

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Some may find it in numbers on a screen, number of things they have or number of places they’ve visited.

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Those things are valuable to them.

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You have to figure out what value means to you.

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But lemme give you a little secret.

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Those material things aren’t valuable.

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They’ll satisfy you temporarily then you’re back to where you were before.

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Here are things I’ve found valuable.

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Good relationships with friends.

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A good relationship with family.

Work that excites me and pushes me to think differently.

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Experiences with friends doing something fun.

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Materialism doesn’t add value for me.

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Education on the other hand, that stuff is a goldmine.

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The value of education is so underestimated by the western world.

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Billions of people throughout history never got access to education.

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They never learned how to read and write.

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Value your education, and it likely won’t be through school.

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Value personal education.

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Place value on being a better person.

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Learning more about the world.

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Following your curiosity wherever it’ll take you.

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That’s the goal with this.

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I’ve been following my curiosity for a few years and it’s led me here.

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To a place where I’ve read hundreds of books, written hundreds more blog posts and learned more about the world than most people will ever understand.

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Now’s the time to share.

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Now’s the time to add value.

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