As Lewis mentions,” Value is …it should be synonymous with personal evaluation and related beliefs… that propel us to action, to a particular kind of behavior and life” (5). In general, personal value is a scale for individual behavior evaluations. It refers to the people to meet the individual needs in production, life of discovery, and creation, it is as self-development and social contribution to the development of individuals.
In general, we think we enhance our personal values when we know more things or get some new knowledge. The more we know, the higher personal value we are. In the reading, Lewis mentions some basic ways about “know” something, but I think these are negative ways to “know” something. The first one is sense experience (7). We have five senses, which are see, hear, taste, smell and touch. These five senses is a good way for people to know something. However, five senses may mislead us. For example, when we cut the watermelon, the watermelon is red, and then we blindly believe it must be tasted sweet. But actually, the watermelon has the hormone. Therefore, “know” something does not always helps people enhance their personal value, because know something does not means know true things.
Thus, the most important is how to enhance individuals’ personal value. Personally, I think the most efficient ways to do that is to build self-confidence. Because, the lack of confidence is a big problem plagued the people. So how to do that, as I see, set a personal aim is the most essential element. The goal is to establish a successful life, and inspire people’s potential, also to maximize the value of need. Thus, people must to have a goal in their life. Have a goal means people will try to strive to achieve the target. Furthermore, the establishment of the goal itself is a mark of confidence, we have a goal in mind, and our subconscious mind will mobilize all of energy to achieve goals. Therefore, set an aim is an efficient way that helps us to enhance personal value.