Know Your Worth. Charge Your Price.

Your value is not up for debate. Your rate is not up for negotiation. Let’s talk about it.

Let me say this with clarity: If they can’t afford your price, that doesn’t mean you’re too expensive—it means they’re not your assignment.

We live in a culture that confuses access with entitlement. Just because someone sees your gifts, follows your work, or praises your talent does not mean they’re ready to honor your cost. And here’s the truth nobody wants to say out loud:

You can’t keep discounting your destiny to be digestible to people who were never meant to hold it.

Worth vs. Price

Let’s get something straight:

Your worth is inherent. It’s divine. It’s rooted in who you are, not what you do.

But your price? That’s your boundary. That’s the line in the sand that says, “I don’t work for free anymore—not emotionally, not spiritually, not professionally.”

Knowing your worth is spiritual.

Naming your price is strategic.

And enforcing both is self-respect.

Stop Apologizing for Being Expensive

You are not a clearance item.

You are not a quick win.

You are not “exposure” bait.

If people get uncomfortable when you start charging your price, let them. You were never called to perform poverty to prove your purpose.

Let me be real: I’ve had to pray over my invoices. I’ve stared at contracts and questioned myself. I’ve wondered if I was “too much.” But every time I lowered the price out of fear, I paid for it with my peace.

Undervaluing yourself is the most expensive debt you’ll ever carry.

The Real Cost of Playing Small

Shrinkage is not humility.

It’s self-erasure wrapped in fake virtue.

You can’t say you trust God to open doors and then be scared to name what you’re worth when the opportunity arrives. Sometimes the delay isn’t demonic—it’s that you haven’t submitted your full price list.

And let’s not even talk about how this hits Black and Brown professionals.

We’re often asked to bring innovation, healing, strategy, culture, and vibe—but only get compensated for one. We carry institutions while they carry confusion. And then we get labeled “difficult” for simply saying, “I deserve more than this.”

You do.

Let This Be Your Reminder

1. You are not the budget version of your brilliance.

2. You don’t owe discounts to people who didn’t help you build.

3. You deserve to be paid for what you carry—not just what you do.

Today’s Prompt:

Where in your life are you still accepting below your price—emotionally, spiritually, or professionally?

And what’s it costing you?

This Week’s Affirmation:

🧾 I am not afraid to name my rate.

👑 I am not afraid to walk away.

💼 I am not afraid to be the full price version of myself.

🛑 I will not apologize for being expensive to build.

🔥 I was crafted, not manufactured—and that comes with a price.

To Close:

The next time someone asks what you charge, don’t shrink. Don’t explain.

Say your number—and stand on it.

Because when God made you, He didn’t create a coupon code.

He created a calling.

Walk like it.