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Perceived value determines whether something’s worth the energy it uses

Toby Hazlewood
Level Up Coding
Published in
16 min readMar 9, 2022

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What’s valuable to you may seem worthless to me. Something that I choose to invest time, money and resources in, may seem like utter lunacy or a sheer indulgence to others. Value and worth is determined by perception and driven by our beliefs.

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