One lesson learned today:
I was watching a video, and the man was explaining an analogy about currency notes, one in dollar notes and the other in their local currency. Obviously he had the dollar note, which was a lot higher in value as compared to the amount of notes he had in their local currency.
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He mentioned an experiment he tried by presenting the two notes to people in the local areas to see which they would choose. And the result of the experiment was that the people chose the notes of their local currency against the dollar regardless of how the dollar is ten times worth the amount he had of the local currency. This is because in that environment the people obviously did not have access to exchange the dollar for their local currency and would prefer it because it is easily tradeable, making the dollar less worth to the people as compared to their local currency.
In a different environment the dollar, which is normally more valuable than their currency, lost its value while the other was given more value given the fact that it is obviously of a lesser value.
What does this all mean?
No matter our value, our environment determines how much we are valued and if we are not valued enough, then we should change our environment.
Someone who is of higher value can be devalued based on the environment he finds himself. You cannot expect a lion to function at full capacity in the water as compared to an hippopotamus. Or expect a whale to function properly on dry land.
There is always an environment where we are valued or will be valued if we find ourselves in it, and we just have to take conscious effort to identify our skills, set of values we can offer, and how much they are appreciated in the environment we find ourselves in, or unless we will not be appreciated.
Key Takeaway
Even if you have some set of skills that are not furnished or really valuable in your sights, there are environments that you will find yourself in that you would do better than those who are more skilled as compared to you.
And the secret or key difference is finding the right environment to function.