This post is part of an ongoing challenge to go through James Clear's list of Core Values and take a week to reflect on each one. Challenge is, perhaps unsurprisingly, high up on the list of Core Values for me. I try to tackle hard things in my life, e.g. getting a Ph.D., but I …
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Core Values Redux: Boldness
This post is part of an ongoing challenge to go through James Clear's list of Core Values and take a week to reflect on each one. To me, Boldness integrates a few different qualities: Motivation, Risk Tolerance, and Ambition. Those who embrace Boldness are those who are willing to take big risks to achieve big …
Core Values Redux: Beauty
This post is part of an ongoing challenge to go through James Clear's list of Core Values and take a week to reflect on each one. This is hard one for me. I feel like as I get older, I become increasingly hyper-rational and Vulcan, and I have a harder time seeing something and just …
Core Values Redux: Balance
This post is part of an ongoing challenge to go through James Clear's list of Core Values and take a week to reflect on each one. Balance is a Core Value of which I could probably use more in my life. One of the first things that comes to mind is Koyaanisqatsi, the Hopi term …
Core Values Redux: Autonomy
This post is part of an ongoing challenge to go through James Clear's list of Core Values and take a week to reflect on each one. The first thing that comes to mind when I think about Autonomy is the ability to do what you want, when you want. That it is freedom from bosses …
Core Values Redux: Authority
This post is part of an ongoing challenge to go through James Clear's list of Core Values and take a week to reflect on each one. Authority falls into the category of Core Values that I don't foresee being in my Top 5. Not because I am anti-authority, per se, but rather that I tend …
Core Values Redux: Authenticity
This post is part of an ongoing challenge to go through James Clear's list of Core Values and take a week to reflect on each one. When I hear the word 'Authentic', two things come to mind: authentic objects (highly valued items of verifiable origin) and authentic people. I believe this Core Value is primarily …
Core Values Redux: Achievement
This post is part of an ongoing challenge to go through James Clear's list of Core Values and take a week to reflect on each one. I feel like this has been high on the Core Values for me most of my life. As a kid, I was good at certain things and was praised …
Core Values Redux: A 57-week meditation exercise
I am no stranger to writing about Core Values on this blog. Back during my 30 Days of Blogging Challenge, I wrote about how I went through James Clear's list of Core Values, ultimately coming up with a list of five that were either very important in my life or that I wanted to increase …
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