- Family
- Loyalty
- Friendship
- Enjoyment
- Integrity
- Wealth
- Prestige
- Power
- Health
- Independence
- Personal Accomplishment
- Security
- Personal Development
- Expertness
- Creativity
- Community
- Wisdom
- Leadership
- Location
- Service
When reviewing the activities I did today against the twenty values I found that today I mainly did activities that involve friendship and enjoyment. In fact, out of all the activities I did today they all fell under my top 5 values (with the exception of brushing my teeth which would fall under the health category). I watched football (enjoyment), threw a ball around (enjoyment/friendship), called my brother (family/friendship), and hung out with my friends (friendship/enjoyment). As you can see the activities I did today played off of each other. To me my top values aren’t all different categories; they all mix together and intertwine. I find enjoyment from my friends and family. I am also loyal to them and find being honest to them is the best policy.
I think the largest belief pattern I inherited from my parents was that of loyalty and integrity. They brought me up to do the right thing and tell the truth always. I think that those are good beliefs and they still have authority over me and are relatively valid. I wouldn’t say honesty is always the best policy. Lying is better in some cases like: “does this dress make me look fat?” or “how was dinner?” but honesty is still an integral part of my belief system. You just have to know the right time where it’s better to lie to save someone’s feelings.
