Where Do You Seek Your Self-Worth?

Chasing, chasing, chasing.

Always chasing.

I was on a treadmill, trying to catch the horizon.

The next purchase, the next high, the next extravagant dinner — all of them would make me feel worthy and complete.

I would be someone. And then it would inevitably fade, and I’d need the next rush.

My self-worth and my identity were inextricably tied to the things I owned, the things I purchased, and my ability to purchase those things.

I was my BMW’s, my Panerai watches, my $300 bottle of Rioja, my Platinum Amex Card.

I had no idea what I was doing at the time. No idea of the absurdity of the task I was taking on.

I was trying to fill a broken glass with my things and utterly blind to the fact that it would never happen.

Until I was arrested by the FBI and sentenced to 2 years of Federal Prison, I lost everything — including my identity.

Where you seek and find your self-worth is perhaps one of the most critical decisions you will make in your life.

It impacts how you show up in the world and your choices, even down to the partner you choose.

The more you value things outside of yourself, the more control you give to things that can be lost, stolen, destroyed.

Seeking externals to validate your inner self-worth strips you of your freedom and sense of peace.

Enough will never be enough.

3 Critical Components I Focused on to Cultivate Self-Worth:

• Self-Trust: Provides you freedom from Self-Doubt
• Forgiveness: Let go of the baggage you’ve been carrying
• Ending self-punishment: When you stop punishing yourself for something that can not be changed, you create opportunities and possibilities.

When you cultivate self-worth from within, you’re no longer chasing.

You cultivate the foundation for creating an extraordinary life.