Value Statement
This is a living document. Expect frequent RevisionsI'm currently doing a leadership program at my Church and one of the exercises is to come up with a personal value statement. My value statement needs to define the core principles that will guide and direct my life going forward.
Brainstorming
| Relationship | Family | Fun |
| Humor | Daring | Swift |
| Flow | Purposeful | Sidestep |
| Cutting | Piercing | Sharp |
| Outflank | Insight | Depth |
| Challenge | Knowledge | Original |
| Elegance | Pragmatic | Practical |
| Correctness | Thriving | Fruitful |
| Vibrant | Expansive | Capacity |
| Innovative | Tasteful | Future |
| Creative | Adaptive | Flexible |
| Resilient | Wisdom | Capacity |
| Correctness | Functional | Useful |
| Reproducible | Reliable | Robust |
Fragments
People are Everything
- Knowledge is worthless if I don't teach others
- Invest in people - all have potential
- Give all for the betterment of Mankind
- I am not my own - others have a right to call on me and I a duty to respond
Pragmatic Perfection
- Pursue perfection but settle for excellent
Maximize Resiliency
- Arrange my life so I take risks and make mistakes but bounce back quickly
Take Risks
- Bet on innovation and improvement
- Don't be afraid to start over
Reflect and Adapt
- Always keep in mind that I can do better
- Question everything. Even the question
Bulldoze Through Nonsense
- Have the courage to be disliked for the right reasons
- Cut through bureaucracy and red tape like a battering ram - Open holes for others to follow
Think Big but Start Small
- Exponential Growth is a powerful tool
Don't Forget the Future
My actions can have consequences far into the future
Quotes
A designer knows he has achieved perfection not when there is nothing left to add, but when there is nothing left to take away.
Your twenties are always an apprenticeship, but you don't always know what for.
An expert is a man who has made all the mistakes which can be made in a very narrow field.
I think a life properly lived is just learn, learn, learn all the time.
Unanswered Questions
Who and Why I am?
A time and season for everything. What season am I in? What season is mankind in?
Vision
I want to do great work.
Wrapping Up
This turned out to be more difficult than I anticipated but I do feel I got a lot of value (lol) out of it. It's odd that I never took the time to actually think this through before. And now that I have, will it change anything? I hope so.