If you want to know your true value, don't ask the general crowd—seek those who understand your rarity.

Sometimes, silence and confidence in your own worth are the best negotiation tools.

Finally, his father sent him to a . The jeweler took one look at the stone through a magnifying loupe and turned pale. "This is no ordinary rock; it is a rare star-stone, unpolished but priceless! Will you take two hundred thousand dollars?" The boy, stunned, held up his two fingers and then quickly tucked the stone into his pocket.

The next day, his father sent him to a . A curator in a suit spotted the stone. "A fascinating specimen of ancient river basalt! What is your price?" The boy held up two fingers. "Two hundred dollars?" the curator gasped. "A fair price for such history!" Again, the boy declined and ran home.

Once, in a bustling village market, a young boy found a smooth, unremarkable gray stone near a riverbank. He brought it to his father and asked, "Papa, what is this stone worth?"

This story explores the theme of finding value in unexpected places, inspired by the "Best Buy" concept of worth and the timeless nature of a "Stone." The Stone of Three Values

Just like the stone, the value of a product or a person changes based on who is looking at it.