Living life in accordance with your values

I love it when people share the accumulated wisdom of their life so far. Yes, it’s often very similar in content, but the way that it’s expressed matters. And also, the fact that these kinds of things are often similar shows that there’s truth at the centre.

This list is by Ryan Mather, a designer at Anthropic. I love the fact that he starts and ends with values.

1. Try to figure out what your values are. Values are ways you want to live, even if no one is around to see. You are a tree in a forest that no one can hear - what do you want to do? This is at the center of everything, try to figure it out first. A first draft today is better than a final draft tomorrow, and values change over time. Don’t try to perfect it, just try to understand it. Your values are happening in your daily life already, all you have to do is stop and listen.

2. Once you know what your values are, decide how you want to put them into action. Set a small goal, make it something you can accomplish in a month.

3. Measure your progress or presence on a daily basis. Many generational talents are wasted simply because they happened to work somewhere that measures success in weeks, months, or the absolute worst – quarters.

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10. In life, the best case scenario outcome is that you lose everyone and everything you’ve ever known and melt away into nothingness. That’s the same thing as the worst case scenario. That is wonderful news. It means that living life by your values is really the only thing that matters. In our society, we create games that make us forget this, but you’ll live life to the fullest if you keep this truth in mind.

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