A colleage sent her newsletter the other day highlighting all of her achievements in 2022, then it dawned on me, I never thought of keeping my own list of entrepreneurial achievements in writing.

I was so great at keeping an “accomplishment folder” to bring to my annual evaluation when I was working a 9 to 5 because when I walk to my supervision, I wanted to do my own evaluation on whether or not my supervisor is aware of my awesomeness 🙂 (for the most part she was).

The point is I had that folder when I was working for somebody else.

I realized, I have not been keeping a folder since I became a full-time entrepreneur. Instead, I’ve been moving from one thing to the next, from happiness to frustration to happiness again without a list of my awesome-ness.

While I haven’t been keeping a list, I’ve maintained a set of values to remind me of where I’m going and what I bring to each room I step into.

Here are three ways to maintain your self-worth over time. I’ve tested them all, and they work.

1- Understand Where You Come From

As long as you keep denying your past or your history, you’ll always be shorthanded. Your history is the building frame of who you ARE TO BECOME. Both good and bad can be useful in HOW you are called to impact others. Understanding your past prevents you from repeating the same mistakes, and guides you to become a better version of yourself.

The goal is not to keep a list of our mistakes, but to keep a list of the lessons we retained from those mistakes. Just as we want to make a list of our achievements to propel us to higher ground, we also need a reminder of pitfalls to avoid in the future. Your story is your future!

2- Make an Inventory of Your Qualities (and Flaws)

Do you know what you’re great at?

Do you know where you lack strength?

The greater your self-awareness, the better you’ll be at positioning yourself.

To increase your self-worth is to keep magnifying your strength while discreetly improving your weaknesses. Now you may choose to be transparent with others about your weakness, but always do so from a strength perspective, ie, you share your weakness to build an authentic community but not to perpetuate self-loathing-ness.

3- Embody Your Worth

If you walk like a victim, you will be a victim.

You can make hundreds of lists, but If you’re constantly dismissing yourself whether at home, at work, or among friends, it’ll eventually trickle down to family members, co-workers, and friends dismissing you. “You train people on how to treat you” (I think I may have heard this from Oprah)

Your worth does not stop with a list on a paper, your CV or resume, or your profile on social media, but your worth is also your actions, and demeanors.

Do you carry yourself with confidence?

Do you embody what you preach?

Do you speak with self-respect?

Do you listen to others with respect?

See though the word is “SELF-worth”, whether we like it or not, the environment we’re in determines that worth.

Still and all, that worth starts within ourselves.

A gentle biblical reminder”

You Were Worth Dying For at the cross! Speak and walk like you belong to a Kingdom.

Shoulders back!

You Are Royalty!

Share with us how you’ve been embodying your worth in the comments.