The 'Value to Others' philosophy is the core value of Partnercorp. Life is like a balance if you want more rewards you need to put more of the secret ingredient in. The diagram below is quite complex and is broken down into three stages for ease of explanation.
Stage One
People want things out of their life - rewards. We consider these rewards to be job satisfaction, job security, money, recognition and personal growth. "What do you have to provide in order to get these?" Quite often the answer is hard work or effort. However there are plenty of people that work hard and put in lots of effort, but they do not get these rewards so it can't be the right answer. It is very rare but sometimes someone will come up with the answer. That is providing high value or in our terms, 'value to others'. Some people don't understand this concept so we move to Stage Two.
Stage Two
A large circle is drawn and named 'System'. A further two circles are drawn below this, one we will call, 'Other person', and the other we will call 'You'. An arrow is then drawn pointing from you to the other person and this is called 'Value'.
The statement that goes with this says, "If I provide value to you, (the other person) I find that the system above rewards me ten times over." The problem is that I may have to wait up to five to ten years to get the rewards. The average person does not want to wait this long.
The reason why it takes so long is that you have to continuously provide value to everyone in your life to feel worthy. If you don't feel worthy of success you won't allow yourself to have it. You have the key to unlock the padlock holding your rewards, but you don't use it. People do this all the time. They don't feel worthy of a good job so they make mistakes, argue with the boss or turn up late. They don't feel worthy of a good relationship so they pick arguments, don't show attention or have an affair.
Stage Three
Demonstrates that by building your self worth you then do not feel bad about receiving benefits, you allow them to come and you become successful by using the key. This philosophy has been known for centuries. Your focus should be on your family, your organisation, and your friends. By looking at ways that you can be 'value to others' you will actually make yourself successful. It is through giving that you will find success.
To build self worth is easy.
What could you do for the following people that would double your value to that person?
Your husband / wife / partner / friend, your boss, your staff, your children / nieces / nephews / brother / sister, your customer and your parents / grandparents.
How much time are you investing in developing your self worth? It does take time, it may be five or ten years before you see a return. The short term benefit is the feeling that you are doing the right thing.
A good example of someone who focuses on providing value to others, is prepared to wait five to ten years to get a return, and only gets a warm feeling in the short term, is a parent.
Organizations do it as well, the Salvation Army is a good example.
Add value to the people you come into contact with. This will benefit them and make you feel good about yourself. You need to develop a high level of self worth before you feel worthy of receiving the rewards. In other words you will not allow yourself to be successful until you consider yourself worthy.
You have found that the key to success is to build up your self worth. If this is correct, then all you need to worry about is how to do more for others. The answer to the 'Value to Others' philosophy is "who cares, do it for yourself, it is your own self worth that is the key".