My P100.00 Price Tag

I attended a 5 day management class last week. One of the activities was about conflict management. The task was to create our own blank price tag. The instructor asked us to place a value from P0 to P100 on our price tag based on how much we think we are worth. I wanted to have a blank price tag because I can’t seem to put an exact amount. I just felt P100 or any figure for that matter would not suffice. I finally wrote down P100 since it’s the allowable maximum amount. I was actually surprised to find out that only a few had P100 price tags. Most of my classmates valued themselves at P74, P60, P95, and etc. One explained she still had a lot of things to improve on, while one said she still hasn’t found that thing that would complete her, and so on. Personally I feel that no matter how incomplete or inadequate we feel, we are all worth more than we are. Nothing can ever quantify or qualify our being us.

The instructor then went on to explain that the main intent of the activity was to show us that we are all worth something and when put in a difficult situation, we should always remember our price tags. No one can make us feel worthless or inferior without our consent. We should always hold on to our price tags. We should never underestimate our worth. In most cases, we always tend to back out and give up in times of conflict. We tend to devalue ourselves and sacrifice our own principles for the sake of peace, agreement, or friendship. It shouldn't have to be this way. We should never compromise our beliefs especially when we know we’re on the right side. You can never go wrong when you’re on the good side of the law right? One should neither take things sitting down especially when one’s values are at stake nor should one hesitate to defend the values of the others if need be. If you’re worth something, if your beliefs and principles are worth something, then you got to fight for it. Nobody can ever take that away from you.