How Valuable Are You?
I saw these questions within a book and thought they were interesting.
Do things get worse or do they improve around you? Are others' lives poorer or richer because you are alive?
Do you build the world a better place? When people leave your company, do they feel better than before you arrived?
Do you care to live your life that way?
Almost always, and with only a few exceptions whether that be in the volunteer work I've done or in my personal life. There are only a few exceptions, though the few exceptions tend to be important ones.
When I was younger, and I had less control over the people I was associated with, that was less the case. But now, I tend to find myself in leadership positions in virtually every group or activity I've become involved in, and currently, I almost always make a conscious effort to boost others lives, directly and indirectly.
Self-Confidence As I Grew Up
The examples of that are many, and there's an incredibly high amount of people in life whom I can attest have led better lives as a result of them being associated with me; some people's lives, I am moderately confident I not only materially improved, but led them through very tough times that they may not have gotten through otherwise.
I don't hold myself at a high stance since I wish to situate myself around people like this so when I am in need of help the same values can be reciprocated to build me back to where I was before I had become a mess.
Helping Each Other Grow
I am not always equally willing to try and do that to people, but people who I see good qualities in who are going through tough times are those that I'm most likely to reach out too. It's very uncommon that they do not reach back.
The relationships that I've built, over the course of my life, are reciprocal; it is the kind of extended social "network" of individuals who I care about, and whom I know care greatly about me.
