How Much Do You Cost?

Just like commodities have prices, we humans also have prices, and this is known as Value. Let's come to think of this; What really makes a commodity expensive? Why would some goods be more valued than others? Why would the seller of a commodity jealously watch over some of his goods than others? I'm sure by now some answers would have been surfacing in our minds. 
One of such reasons why a commodity might be so expensive is because of the amount of input invested in it before becoming a finished product. If we take a deeper look at it, we will realise that what the manufacturer really charges the consumer for is TIME. The time spent in generating the ideas in it's initial stage, the time expended in drafting down the plans and modalities the ideas will take, the energy and time used in setting up work forces and so on. This then determines the cost at which a buyer will get away with the commodity. 
 This same principle works when humans are in view. Do you know that your worth as an individual is also commensurate to the Time spent in investing in you? If you were possible for you to be put out on stick, how much would you worth? Funny enough, no one needs to be put out on stock before his truth worth can be revealed. Nature has an impartial way of placing everyone in life in the pedestal fitting for him. 
Perhaps you've heard the popular maxim "birds of same feathers flock together". This is a pure and natural truth. 
As a young man who has equally observed other young folks, I have come realise that we do not make true progress in life because of our choice of concentration. We have concentrated more on the 'end' at the mercy of the 'means'.  Some have grown into preachers who aim at soaring high in ministry but thinking publicities and other packagings will get them there, not knowing all they need is to spend time with God who has called them and they soar high without stress. 
This is a sure way of increasing one's value in a competitive world. 

How about trying to place our priorities right come 2018?