Are You Aware of Your Value in the Grand Scheme Of Things

This post has been inspired by a collection of experiences that my wife and I have been through very recently. My wife runs her own business and has recently refurbished her hair salon. She has dealt with suppliers, contractors and her own staff majorly in the last two to three weeks. because of her tales and tribulations I have seen from a outsiders view how our values and actions can impact on so many.

An example was where a small furniture company's owner was on holidays. All dealings were with a younger employee. Everything was a drama and was really drawn out. There was no passion for her job and doing the best for everyone she came into contact with. My first thoughts were she doesn't care and she is slacking off because the boss is away. Then my mind started flipping things around to see it from her point of view. Hypothetically of course.

She isn't aware of the importance she plays in the general community. Her inaction and unprofessional manner upset harmony between two individuals initially. Due to this other associated professions were disrupted creating a snowball effect of setbacks and hold ups. All of them reflected badly on the company, not her as she is representing that company. The people affected will all speak badly of the company to their associates, the company loses credibility and in turn business and if this keeps going unchecked, her job will go and she will hate her boss for sacking her. All in all her perceived lack of value has been reinforced by the end result, but she will have no idea of the scale of destruction in the lead up to that point.

Maybe as a boss he should be making her aware of her value to the company and reinforcing that value in some way. Instead she isn't learning her true value, he isn't capitalising on it and the community suffers also through general inefficient and inharmonious practices and the company not reaching it's true potential and employing more staff. If this girl never has her true value highlighted to her and how her actions affect so many others she will go through life absolutely clueless of her self worth. Reinforcing how important it is for you and me to keep striving to realise our true value first and our circle of influence will benefit from that realisation much more.