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Continued from page 34 acknowledging your vulnerability a beautiful day outside, but what if it then that value tends to be organically
through them. I know that my desire to rains? What are we going to do?” Be incorporated into your life. As you
assign one or more of these terms to help others could bring me a great deal grateful for the lovely day and go enjoy
them. Doing this will help you gain try to refine your essential values,
of joy as well as disappointment. Is that yourself!
further clarity to a core value, which vulnerability enough to make me feel giving them a structure enables you
will give you more insight on how to that I do not wish to pursue this core 6. Accountability in regard to to elaborate on each one of them so
incorporate it into different aspects of value? No, but it will help me take steps your values is answerability and the you can have a better understanding of
your life. expectation of account-giving. For each.
to reduce the amount of vulnerability most of your values, they are going
1. Resiliency is the power or ability that I could face. to be something you keep yourself 9. Routine should not be thought of
of something returning to its original
4. Discipline is the practice of accountable for. Part of the constant as “boring.” If a value is routine in your
form, position, etc., after being bent, obeying rules or a code of behavior. evaluation of High Performance Living life, then that means it is a lifestyle. The
compressed, or stretched. Are you able Discipline is a quality that anybody is so that you track how responsible nirvana of living your values is when
to return to your value even if knocked who has success points out as one of you are with your values. There will
off course? The degree of resiliency the keys to their accomplishments. It be specific values that you might want they do feel routine. You still have to
you attribute to a value is an excellent assess yourself periodically to ensure
is necessary to understand how much another person to help you with in terms
indicator of how important it is to you. discipline you require to stay true of accountability. An “accountability you have each value routinely in your
While quantities last.
The higher degree of resiliency you to a value. Some might come quite partner” can be a spouse, significant life. If one is not, then you need to see
give a value, the more you need to live naturally while others need more work other, best friend, or colleague. You can where you went off course with it and
by it in everything you do. what you have to do to bring it 100%
on your part - the discipline - to make judge where and when you might need
2. Authenticity means being your your value a realistic component of such a partner. back into governing your actions.
real self in personality and character, your life. 7. Consistency allows you to judge I know in my life, the resiliency
despite external pressures. You do not 5. Gratitude is the ability to be how regular you stay with each value was there, the work ethic was there,
find a need to don a mask. Because you
thankful for what you have. Do throughout all you do, whether it is but there was no direction. There
take the “real you” everywhere, your you happily acknowledge each of with your career, in relationships, your
authenticity is reflected in your speech was no path, no point. I was grabbing
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your values? Some people sabotage hobby, or whatever it is. Since our
and actions, as well. When your value themselves because the moment they values are supposed to guide all we do, at straws, trying to reach what I
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is authentic, it will show through in all see something positive, they get scared you want them to be present in every considered the pinnacle in my career
aspects of your interactions with others. Popcorn and life. I realized change comes with
Snowman
and begin to look for the other shoe to aspect of your life. If you discover that
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3. Vulnerability is the quality or state drop. Guess what? There might not be one or more are not, then you probably an adjustment of your mindset. I had
of being exposed to the possibility another shoe! That means you wasted have some work to do with those. to change how I looked at my end
Hot
of being attacked or harmed, either valuable time not appreciating what Chocolate goal so that I was enjoying the journey
8. Structure helps you to break down
physically or emotionally. Let’s you have. If you’re on vacation with a value into its component pieces as much or more than arriving at the
face it; one reason it is difficult to your family and everything’s fantastic, to help you better realize that value Partnered with
destination. And that, started with
ascertain your values is that you are then don’t start going, “Oh geez, it’s reassessing my values.
in all you do. When you can do this,
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