One of the most important mindsets for a values-based person is to remember that we must train those values, so they become the foundation of strength we operate from. Our values should be force multipliers in adversity. The adversity we face should remind us that we need our values because they are the foundation of strength we can attack the adversity from. This principle is not true because I say it is; it’s true because it’s the way we are wired as human beings; it’s as true as gravity. Training your values is just as important as becoming an expert at the right thing to do / the skill / the job / the task.
Mental Conditioning is vital! If you don’t train your values, why would you think your values will anchor you in adversity or keep you grounded in success?
WHY you do what you do, is just as important as being good at WHAT you do. We have to train our values because the values are supposed to be the filter that helps us make the right choice and the lens we use to create a vision for our lives daily. The values are the position of strength or foundation that allow us to do the right thing, the right way.
It’s just true that people forget about values when things are too easy, or everything is alright. It’s just true that as humans, we care about values and character in cycles. We forget that values are key to keeping our freedom from destroying us until the enemies of freedom use it against us and we are forced back to the fundamentals. Back to listening to our souls for the reminder that all the comfort we live in was handed to us by generations of people that sacrificed everything for that freedom.
Expecting yourself or anyone else to behave the right way is a foolish ideal unless we train our values, until the right thing to do is intentionally connected to the right way to do it, and that response is as close to automatic as humanly possible.
Who needs values when all the dragons to fight are already dead!? WARNING! The Dragons aren’t all dead!
Keep Coming Forward
Jim Hensel
