To use Personal Values
it is helpful to have the knowledge associated with how you interpret
these values. Every thing we do is based on knowledge. If you do not have
the knowledge then you can not use it!
To gain knowledge you need to be aware. Aware of how you receive information
and the validity of that information. Aware of yourself, how you feel,
how you react. Aware of all that is going on around you at work, home
and in the world.
Increasing awareness leads to a growth of information (knowledge) At this
point, to make the information useful, you need to make an evaluation.
This evaluation is based on the knowledge you currently have, both conscious
and more importantly unconcious.
The evaluation process should then lead to you having to make a choice
of some sort, be it that of smiling or not smiling at someone or doing,
or not doing, as instructed at work. Whatever choice you make leads you
down a course of action which in turn provides you with further information
which you then choose to become aware of or not and so the process continues.
Listed below are the values shown on the Personal
Values page.
Click on a value for a description of the value, the challenges associated
with it and how it can be applied by you in your life. Don't be surprised
in what you read. It is simple, but not necessarily easy to apply
instantly as most of us have received childhood conditioning which causes
us to have fearful reaction to any prospective change in our personal
lives. (see Patterns of Life)
Sharing what you are doing is always helpful.
Another way to help yourself is to make up your own committee comprising
people you admire, they don't have to be alive!, and whenever you feel
the need for advice or guidance, ask your committee what they would do.
The more you apply these values to your everyday life the greater will
be the inner glow of happiness and joy which in turn will reflect in your
daily life.