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The Secret Of Our Value

Why So Few People Ever Understand Their True Value

By Dr. Cody Dakota Wooten, DFM, DHM, DAS (hc)Published about 13 hours ago 3 min read
Top Story - February 2026

How much are you worth?

Many people have different answers to that question...

But it is not the prepared answers that we have that matter...

It is what we actually feel...

Inside...

What we never say out loud...

The value that we question...

The value that we seek out in the world.

That value is the only one that truly matters.

When we actually look at our own value...

The majority of people in the world...

Feel lacking.

They seek jobs to provide value...

They seek relationships to provide value...

They seek riches and fame to provide value...

They seek knowledge and wisdom to provide value...

They seek goals and accomplishments to provide value...

All of these things and more...

Yet...

At the end of it all...

They still feel that lack.

When will they feel their value?

When will they feel enough?

When will they no longer need to seek?

When shall it come?

We seek and seek and seek...

Yet...

Yet...

Yet...

Always...

It continues to feel out of reach.

We push ourselves to extremes...

Only to destroy ourselves in the process...

Wondering if we ever should have pursued the path we took...

Or whether the value we sought was down another...

Or whether we simply reached the limit of our value...

Doomed...

To never be anything but...

This.

Most people...

Sadly...

Will find themselves at the end of their life...

Never understanding their value.

But it is not for the reason that most people believe.

The reason that most people fail to understand their value...

Is because they are beyond value.

There is no value that could match our inherent value.

When you attempt to value that which is beyond value...

You are always lacking.

You cannot match infinite with anything finite.

This is why, when so many people seek their value...

They fail to feel enough...

Because subconsciously...

They know that it is not enough.

But when you consciously do not understand that you are beyond value...

You begin to doubt your own value.

This is why...

The only way to understand the secret of our value...

Is to seek it within us first.

Only when you stop comparing your value with that which is less than...

And begin to understand it for what it is on its own...

Beyond value...

Only then can we begin to see and understand this truth.

But here is where it becomes interesting...

When you begin to understand your true value...

It changes the game in every way.

How?

You begin to understand...

That you bring your true value...

To everything that you do...

To every relationship that you have...

To every place that you go.

When you understand your true value...

You begin to add value to everything.

Further...

When you begin to add value to everything...

And you are one of the few individuals who understand what their true value is...

You begin to stand out.

Because so few really understand their value...

You become like a blinding light in the dark when you actually do understand.

You also begin to outshine others...

Not because you are greater or they are lesser, which neither is true...

But because they doubt their own worth.

Doubt causes us to misstep...

Doubt causes us to lose sight...

Doubt causes us to hold ourselves back.

But when you understand your worth...

Doubt disappears...

Allowing you to step forward when others do not.

Understanding our value is one of the greatest gifts we can gain in our lives...

So be sure to seek it within...

Learn your value.

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About the Creator

Dr. Cody Dakota Wooten, DFM, DHM, DAS (hc)

Multi-Award-Winning Sageship Coach, Daily Digital Writer (1,000+ Articles), Producer, TV Show Host, Podcaster & Speaker | Faith, Family, Freedom, Future | Categories: "Sageship" & "Legendary Leadership"

https://www.SeekingSageship.org/

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  • Lana V Lynxabout 12 hours ago

    Great piece, Cody! Funny enough, my Merryll Lynch account says I’m worth $90K, all the money I have in my IRA account. I will never be able to retire but I know my value as a human being. There will be people who will miss me when I’m gone, even if it’s just my family and friends. And that’s what matters, isn’t it?

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