{"id":284,"date":"2008-01-21T06:05:26","date_gmt":"2008-01-21T10:05:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.pickthebrain.com\/the-truth-behind-your-self-worth-and-your-income\/"},"modified":"2013-08-15T13:41:00","modified_gmt":"2013-08-15T21:41:00","slug":"the-truth-behind-your-self-worth-and-your-income","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pickthebrain.com\/blog\/the-truth-behind-your-self-worth-and-your-income\/","title":{"rendered":"The Truth Behind Your Self-Worth and Your Income"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Recently I read an article on the taboo of comparing salaries.<\/p>\n

Depending on your cultural background and beliefs, you may or may not compare your salaries with your family and friends openly. However, most of us are interested to know how much we earn relative to our peers.<\/p>\n

Why is this so? The reason is simple \u2013 we are interested to know if we are valuable.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Before you start crying foul, hear me out. Obviously, you know that your self-worth is not dependent on your income. How much you earn has nothing to do with your value as a person.<\/p>\n

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But in reality, how often is this applied? I\u2019m afraid it\u2019s not very often. At least accordingly to my observations, it\u2019s not so.<\/p>\n

The fact that people compare their material assets is a good indication: the car that you drive, the brands that you wear and the kind of houses that you live in. All these material assets are proves of your earning capabilities. The more expensive these assets are, the better one feels about themselves.<\/p>\n

So intrinsically, we have knowingly (or unknowingly) associated our self-worth with our income.<\/p>\n

THE DAMAGE OF ASSOCIATING YOUR SELF-WORTH WITH YOUR INCOME<\/h2>\n

I have an ex-colleague, Mandy (not her real name<\/em>), who worked in HR. Given her privileged position, she had access to personal information unavailable to others, including salary.<\/p>\n

Now, Mandy has two bad habits:<\/p>\n