Can you name the three most important values in your life right now? If you can’t, then you certainly can’t live by them. Why is this so important? Because if you don’t decide what’s most important in your life, other people are going to decide for you. They’re going to push you into their mold, and you’ll live your life by their values, not yours.
Here are mine:
- Servant Leadership: Always look for opportunities to meet the needs of others.
- Equip for Excellence: Always be learning, growing, and improving.
- Positivity: Feed your good wolf. Starve your evil wolf. Always look for the silver lining when bad things happen.
These are my core values. I live by them daily. They are reminders of the moments when I ask, “Where did the time go?” They keep my eye on what’s important. They are pointers to the humbling reality that I must learn to number my days so that I may get a heart of wisdom. And with that wisdom, I must love God first, other people second and myself third, in that order.
What are the three most important values in your life right now? Write them down. Reflect on them. Refine them. Live them.
Thank you for reading this. I am grateful when anyone makes time for me, and I am grateful for you. Thank you for who you are. You are rare, valuable, and have something inside that no one else has, something unique to all time. I encourage you to discover that uniqueness. Defining your core values will serve your discovery process.
This post was originally published on September 20, 2020, and is republished today with minor enhancements.
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