> “I have realized that the thing I needed to learn is that my net worth is not my self-worth.” This is a really important point. I’m not a native English spea

> “I have realized that the thing I needed to learn is that my net worth is not my self-worth.” This is a really important point. I’m not a native English speaker. When I first heard an American use the expression “he’s worth X dollars”, it felt extremely wrong. Someone’s worth should never be attached to a dollar value! I’ve got used to it by now, but I still wish Americans would come up with a more constructive way of talking about wealth than “personal worth.”