Trust Yourself

"If you really put a small value upon yourself, rest assured that the world will not raise your price."  ~Author Unknown

I found myself writing a long, involved post about my recent adventures in purchasing a smart phone.  What I wanted to do was wax philosophic about the necessity of learning to trust your own judgement.  Unfortunately it just devolved into a tirade about incompenent, self-serving sales people.  So I deleted it.

I did the research, decided which phone I wanted and proceded to let the sales girl talk me into the one I KNEW wasn't right for me, despite her assurances to the contrary.  I returned it, less the restocking fee she failed to mention, and now I have the product I had originally determined was what I wanted and I'm happy,

But I had to go through a day of frustration and self-chastisement to get there.  How could you be so stupid?  You idiot.  You knew better.  All those internalized voices keeping you down.

Its hard to learn to trust yourself.  To have faith that you know what you are doing, especially when the message in your formative years was less than encouraging.  But its a lesson worth learning.  Only you know yourself.  You know what is right for you.  Don't let anyone convince you otherwise.  They may think its for your own good.  Or maybe they have a specific agenda that has nothing to do with you, or worse, is consciously against you.  Whatever the reason.  Trust yourself.  You know what you are doing.