Exercise 2- Personal values
Personal values
Personal values are crucial in both our working and personal lives, in that they help shape own individual systems of beliefs which, as a result help determine our interaction with our colleagues and other people. Ones personal values are reflected in his personal goals. Experts agree that when an individual attain his personal goals, one is living his values -- leading a life that reflects his personal systems of belief.
Discussion
Our personal values intensively influence how we lead personal lives, working lives and our success in businesses and work. Making a conscious and a deliberate attempt to define which values are crucial is required to keep ones anxiety low, and his happiness and sense of self-awareness and personal worth high. Irrespective of whether we recognize our values or not, values naturally exist. Also, our lives may be more productive and less successful, when we realize our personal values -- and consequently, make efforts to honour and live by these values irrespective of the circumstances we may encounter.
The below values are the values that resonate with me. Such values are highly significant for me live by and honour in my life.
Commitment
Commitment to actions rather than results, this implies that committing to expected results indicates that I will attain those results. Similarly, commitment implies adhering to a course of action to attain desired results or taking appropriate actions to attain desired results. A person's actions and not words give meaning and life to ones commitment.
Commitment indicates loyalty and can indicate tenacity and bravery, as well. Also, a commitment is like a promise made and demands one has created to achieve something in life, (Lispon, 165). I believe honouring my commitment can make a difference between attaining what is most crucial to me or feeling defeated and disappointed.
Endeavour for perfection and settle for excellence
Perfection implies being exact, accurate or correct in all details, while excellence means possessing a unique quality or superior advantage, (Kibler, 50). In other words, it means attaining the best results one can possible attain, for instance, writing an exam or taking a test and attaining the best score. Whenever I sit for an examination I always strive to achieve 100%, this is striving for perfection. Nevertheless, depending on the situation, I always settle for the best passing grade is can attain, this is settling for excellence.
Honesty such as sincerity, frankness and truthfulness
I am trying to excel in my course work and whatever I say is taken seriously. Prospects, colleagues and clients, rely on what I say. These individuals could suffer serious outcomes if my comments are dishonest. Therefore, it is crucial to be honest in my work. Dishonest in my academic work and behaviour can result to failure and conflicts in career; thus I am always honest in my work. Also, to live authentically and honesty keeps my soul and heart pure and my mind free of uncertainty or doubt. When I am honest, I know I am doing the correct thing.
Self-reliance and integrity
Self-reliance is the ability to manage one's own affairs, makes his plans, and provided for him needs. Self-reliance does not imply always taking every action for yourself it means managing one's own affairs be doing what one can do best and delegating the rest. In my career, I am willing to gather as much significant information I need including lectures and colleagues opinions and then exercise my own best judgement to take the right decision, (Sutherland-Smith, 87). I believe the right decision is that decisions that will allow me best make use of the available resources to attain my desired academic success. Attaining my goal is the process that I must manage myself. While other people should and can help me in the process, attaining or managing the process is my duty.
Integrity, on the other hand, defines ones character and ones integrity is not determined by what happens to an individual; but rather by how he responds and react to what happens to him.
Innovation and positive attitude
Innovation entails looking beyond doing a thing the normal way and devising new ways of doing things (Bertram, 171). For instance, if you are used to advertising your products in numerous print media, you can try a new method like online marketing. Also, if you are used of conduction library research, you can try online research. Therefore, it is my goal to stretch beyond my self-imposed limitations and establish a new and potentially advanced way of conducting academic research for more success. Similarly, developing a positive attitude towards...
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