Have you ever asked yourself this question? What is most important to you? First I want you to think about the question? Actually I would like for you to be kind of selfish and make this all about you. This means to think outside the box. Here are some things that is what is Important to me? Another way to ask the question might be “what are my life values?” Do an internal exam on your self?
Do I have an Enjoyable Life
Am I Fulfilling my life
Do I feel a Sense of accomplishment
Do I Love my family
Do I Love my friends
Do I have the Respect of and
for others
Do I have Self respect
Do I have the sincere
gratitude of others that comes from me being of real service
Am I known for my Creativity
Do I live a life of Freedom
and Independence
Am I active in my Community
Do I have Authenticity about
myself
Do I live a life of Simplicity
Am I known for my Leadership
Skills
Is the Growth, development,
learning, improvement including in my spirituality important to me
Am I filled with Love and Compassion
Why Do I Make the Choices I Make & Do the Things I Do? My process for making decisions in my life is distinctively trying not to always be thinking like a Journalist.” It’s not objective. It’s not logical. It’s not always about being “right” or “correct.” It’s emotional, sometimes erratic, often misguided but rarely boring and usually an adventure. I make the choices I make in order to enjoy my life. Help others enjoy their lives by giving others the things and feelings I value such as a sense of fulfillment and accomplishment. Align and connect authentically and lovingly with the people in my life; pass on some of what I’ve learned and receive in return a bit of what life has to offer, even though I am aware of what others get offered to make more money.
Looking at this list showed me I can authentically connect only with those who share my core values. This is why I tend not to connect with some people, because they have different core values. It’s important for me to suspend my judgment of other people’s values everyone deserves the freedom to live by their own set of values and I should strive to love them anyway but that doesn’t mean I need to spend a lot of time with them, work for them, or allow them to be clients. I also recognized that what I’m trying to sell/share with others is what I desire from them: connection, friendship, advice, respect, love, care, and support.
I mean wow? At least for this post, it was significant to me that “money” did show up on my list of what’s important to me, its important to me now. I do not know any happy broke people and I do like having money in my pocket. Now if that makes me bad, then so be it, But I have never seen a very happy homeless person, have you? I don’t know if that’s good or bad. I’m trying to suspend judgment. Maybe if money was not so high on my list I might have more of it? I don’t know? I’m honestly skeptical that putting money on the list alone in and of itself would be a good idea? But I could not leave it out and be honest with my self as a journalists.
I’d rather money be a measure of gratitude I receive from others for the service I provide. It makes sense to me that the less I do just for the money, the happier I’ll be. So, I’m going to try to reduce the number of tasks I do just for the money and try to attract more work allowing me to work within the more holistic motivations and allow the money to simply be the measure of gratitude. I’ll continue reflecting on these two questions. I hope you take a few minutes to reflect on them as well, and then share your thoughts, however to be very matter of fact, I am guilty of loving my life, and my life does cost a lot of money.
So when you are asked the question and I am sure that Genuine Relationships, Good Health, a great Career, Sports, Entertainment, spirituality, and Income all come to mind. Many of the values you have now are values you learned from your family, and they may change throughout your life. Knowing what is important to you will help you make decisions about your personal life and your career. Your values keep you grounded when life’s temptations try to lure you down the wrong path. For example, a tree has deep roots to remain grounded in severe weather. Your values are your roots to help you weather life’s problems and pressures. A lot of people share common values such as honesty, trust, family, and freedom; however, people also have different values as their interests, talents, and cultural backgrounds vary. Character Values are the universal values that you need to live as a good human being. Personal Values are the things you want out of life. Work Values are the things you want in a job. Our core Values are our make-up as people. Our core values are an integral part of our culture. By learning more about them, you can learn more about what lies at the heart of who you are in
