Do you know that many of us women do not even recognise that we have skills talk less of understanding the worth of our skills?
Most of us go through life only focussing on what we do not have instead of recognising and acknowledging what we do have and finding ways to improve upon that foundation. Remember the saying that “A bird at hand is worth 2 in the bush”? This means that “what you have in your hand” aka “your skills” are more valuable and worth a whole lot more than that thing you wish you had. But when you do not know what your skills are worth, you make them seem worthless inadvertently. And this is your biggest mistake.
When I was a banker, I watched people overlook their skills and settle for what was handed to them. I watched them settle for less when they were built for more. Most of these people felt stuck in jobs and businesses that drain their energy and made them dispassionate and unhappy. This also kept them broke and desperate.
I do not want this to happen to you and that is why I am writing this article to help you recognise the biggest mistakes that make your skills worthless and how you can combat them.
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First of all, “what are skills”?
Quite simply, your skill is “your ability to do something well” .
That is pretty self-explanatory right?
Now the question is: “What are those things that you know how to do well?” Many of us have many things that we can do well but we see them as “common” and “basic”. We do not deem them important and that is where you are making the mistake.
Biggest Mistake No 1- You Undervalue your skills:
Not many people know this, but your skills are your super power! It is what makes you YOU. It shows your essence, your capacity, your ability, your capability and that is very valuable.
Without your skills, you can do nothing. Someone that cannot do anything is basically useless. This is the painful truth.
Your skills are what makes you useful, vital and essential. What you can do well is not common neither is it basic…it has great value and depending on how much your skills can help other people, it is extremely valuable.
Making the mistake to undervalue your skills makes other people undermine them and fail to recognise their true value. Most people do not know when they make this mistake because it is subconscious. When you get a compliment for your work, you dismiss it by saying “this is just a small thing” or something similar. And when you do this repeatedly, you subconsciously undervalue your skills and this makes your skills worthless!
You need to commit to stop doing this today.
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Biggest Mistake No 2- You give it out for free
Most of us give out our skills for free and this makes it cost nothing for other people to have access to it. Then when you eventually do put a price to it, it is extremely cheap. The reason some of us do this is because of lack of confidence in ourselves. Once upon a time, I was guilty of this.
However, while I still give a few of my masterclasses out for free, I also communicate what the value is worth. Make no mistake, that value of this content you are reading right now is very high.
When I was not aware of the value of my skills, I gave it out for free without a coaching programme for my audience to register for afterwards. I do not do that anymore. I had to learn the hard way and that is why I do not want you to make the same mistakes I did.
I have enough self-confidence now to know that my skills are extremely valuable because my ability to coach and train the unique way that I do has transformed many people’s lives. I have multiple testimonials and visible results as the proof of this. Any “free” service I now offer is a lead generation strategy.
I will tell you more about this strategy in our next edition. Meanwhile, if you have found this article illuminating, send a dm to @raiyan_inspires on instagram.
Stay inspired always because the right mindset is the reset you need for success.
