Deviating from Your Core Values

As I lis­ten to the mul­ti­tude of news sto­ries about one of the world’s best golfers crash­ing his vehi­cle in the early morn­ing hours and as the  details unfold about his pri­vate life, I am sad­dened for him, his wife and fam­ily and for us.  This is just one more high pro­file celebrity who has momen­tar­ily self-destructed. It is one more high pro­file per­son who in moments of indis­cre­tion has jeop­ar­dized his career and his fam­ily life.

Then I step back and try to gain per­spec­tive and real­ize we all have sim­i­lar vul­ner­a­bil­i­ties.  We all can stray from our paths, our fam­i­lies and our beliefs.

So what is it that enables us to stay true to our core val­ues?  What is it that enable us once we fal­ter to get back on track?

I don’t have the answer to that. But I do know the clearer you are about your core val­ues, the harder it is to ignore them.  Clar­ity brings focus and strength.  In your per­sonal life and in your busi­ness life.

To get clar­ity about your core val­ues, check out the Core  Val­ues eCourse for a sim­ple resource to guide you in clar­i­fy­ing your core values.

To strengthen the har­mony in your life, reg­is­ter for a Strengthen the Har­mony workshop.

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6 Responses to “Deviating from Your Core Values”

  • Ami­able brief and this mail helped me alot in my col­lege assigne­ment. Grate­ful­ness you for your information.

  • Genial brief and this enter helped me alot in my col­lege assigne­ment. Thank you as your information.

  • You have to express more your opin­ion to attract more read­ers, because just a video or plain text with­out any per­sonal approach is not that valu­able. But it is just form my point of view

  • I didn’t under­stand the con­clud­ing part of your arti­cle, could you please explain it more?

  • Hi Aldo,

    What I meant at the end of the arti­cle on core val­ues is that any of us can stray from our basic, fun­da­men­tal val­ues if we lose clar­ity and focus. How we get back on track dif­fers for every per­son. There is some moti­vat­ing fac­tor that moves the per­son to take some action to get back on track. Often there is some sort of pain the per­son feels. It can be phys­i­cal pain, emo­tional pain, finan­cial pain, etc. It is as if some­thing star­tles them to “wake up.” Then they real­ize they have been go in a direc­tion they don’t want to go. Stay­ing clear about the beliefs and val­ues is what guides our deci­sions and actions.

    The very last part of the arti­cle offers two resources to help read­ers get clar­ity about their core values.

    I hope this helps.

  • Thanks for your thought. I will keep it in mind as I am writ­ing more posts.

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