Values
Values are principles or standards of behaviour; one’s judgement of what is important in life. Values
are the why, the raison d’etre of your life. Values differ from person to person and most people have
multiple values; they tell you what you hold important. Family is an example of a value, as is success
or integrity. I’ll explain the importance of understanding in a minute. Allow me to explain how beliefs
and rules differ from values.
Belief explains how things work
Beliefs explain how things work, concerning the things we hold important (values). Someone may
have a value that makes family important and a corresponding belief would be something like family
comes first. So, this person would believe that family comes before anything else they hold
important, sometimes even themselves. Another good example of the aforementioned value is how
a person may believe success is achieved through hard work.