Values Aren't Chains; They Are Wings
Values — like policies, plans, and goals — are heuristics to help us avoid an infinite calculation each time we want to act. Instead of calculating in each conversation, at each moment, what to reveal and what to conceal, a person adopts the general value of being honest, by default. So, values are a form of knowledge about what works in general, o... See more
Joe Edelman • Human Values
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Values are ideas that guide us in action. In this, they are similar to plans, goals, fears, intentions, policies, etc, and the like. All these are ideas which guide us in action. Among these ideas, values alone concern the manner of our actions, rather than the consequences (as with plans, goals, and fears) or the mere fact of their performance (as... See more
Joe Edelman • Human Values
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Values are the fundamental beliefs that guide us, motivate us, and drive our actions. Values describe the qualities we want most to embody. They help us determine what is important, help us understand what we essentially align with…
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Sarah Drasner • Engineering Management for the Rest of Us
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Values are different to goals, because goals can be achieved (or not achieved, as the case may be!). Values are like the four points of the compass, or the stars overhead: they can’t ever be reached, but they tell us the direction in which we want to travel. Your values are unique to you, like the shape of your hand or the colour of your eyes, and
... See morePamela Douglas • The Discontented Little Baby Book
Values and morals have the power to override a human’s innate drives. Where traits like honesty, integrity, generosity, propriety, respect, loyalty, or kindness are valued, people will behave differently than where they’re not.
Tim Urban • A Story of Stories
Ajinkya Wadhwa added
Values are enduring, ongoing guides to living. You cannot achieve a value; you can only manifest it by acting in accordance with it.
Steven Hayes • A Liberated Mind: The essential guide to ACT
Your core values are there already. Just slow down and let them be. Values like courage, authenticity, strength, innovation, creativity, wisdom, joy, love are inherent within you. You don't need to strive to create or find them; just remove the mental blocks that hinder their expression. These blocks usually stem from the mind, such as limiting bel
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