The garage, the pawnshop and the fanatics: Know your worth.
I read a really interesting meme or tweet or something the other day that made me think. I’m sorry I can’t credit the source but I didn’t write it down.
Here’s what I read, paraphrased a bit...
A dad bought his daughter a beat up old car and gave it to her on her 18th birthday. But, he had some caveats. He told her to take it to the garage and find out how much it was worth before she drove it. When she came back she said they’d offered her £1000. Next her dad told her to take it to a pawnshop and see how much they offered. When she came back she said they’d offered her £750. Finally he told her to take it to the Vintage Car Club and when she came back she said that they had told it was a classic, it needed some love but that it was worth £10,000.
The moral of the story? Only the right people know your worth and the wrong people? Well they’ll never see it and that’s okay.
I love this, it was like a bit of an epiphany, not in terms of not everyone will know your worth but in terms of how much that perception of your value can differ. It’s not like comparing retailers selling the same TV, these aren’t options you can substitute for one another, where other factors come into it (like location, parking, delivery leadtimes).
This is simply two options that are wrong for you and one that is right. So what can we learn from this?
Don’t always take the first offer, however good it sounds
Don’t let low offers or lack of interest demotivate you
Know that somewhere is the right fit for you, you just might have to keep trying
Have a little faith in yourself and in your worth until you find your fanatic who’ll make the right offer.