Never shortchange the value you bring

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Onward Weekly

Onward Team

September 22, 2026

How rare is it to find someone in the world who has zero issues truly valuing the skills and traits they bring to the table? I can't even begin to count how many times I've personally said "Oh, I got lucky" or "It was nothing, anyone could've done it". Or when we're completely overloaded, we accept another task anyway because we're worried about being perceived as difficult.

Why is this so difficult for us? We wait for the promotion, the raise, that approval from a client to get the external validation. But when we do that, we're letting others determine our value, leaving the door open to be taken advantage of.

The truth is that, in the workspace, if you don't actively protect and value your own time, skills, and energy, others will gladly gobble it up. Set the baseline. You deserve to have someone strong, skilled, and resilient stand up for you. Let that person be you.

Bite-sized knowledge

The Anchoring Effect

In behavioral psychology and economics, the "Anchoring Effect" is a cognitive bias where humans rely too heavily on the first piece of information they receive when making decisions. In your career and relationships, the "first piece of information" people receive is how you treat yourself.

If you constantly over-apologize, brush off your accomplishments, or answer emails at 11 PM, you set a very low anchor for your own value and boundaries. People will unconsciously adopt that exact same anchor and treat you accordingly. To raise how others value you, you must first raise your own anchor.

Give this a try

The "No-Discount" Rule.

For the next three days, completely ban yourself from adding disclaimers to your work or your boundaries.

Practice valuing your work without putting it on sale.

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Updated Gratitude Prompts

There are a million things to be grateful for on any given day (trust us, we've looked into this). The issue is that sometimes, we're tired or not too creative that day and need some guidance.

In Onward, we help guide you by specific gratitude journal prompts like 'What are you grateful for in nature today?' or, my favorite, 'What's something about yourself that you're grateful for?'

Set your own value.

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