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The power of values and strong convictions
10 years ago
Tell me the truth.
The truth will burn,
But it is the only thing that matters.
The truth will burn,
But it is the only thing that matters.
Some thoughts I was having earlier.
I am someone who values competence in people, a value introduced to me by an activist by the name of Diana Davison. I have other values and convictions too, but in this journal I would like to muse on the effects of having these.
So, competence. The main effects of this value is twofold; the first is that since I value it, I try to embody it as my self-esteem depends on me living up to my values.
The second effect is a strong, strong, STRONG dislike of incompetence in other people.
Having values and convictions tends to have the effect of turning ambigious gray areas into stark black and white, strangers into friends or enemies (or at least, if not enemies then people you really don't like very much!).
This is probably why people don't particularly care much for values and convictions; it tends to make your social life rather complicated.
Or, as I heard recently; "You are honest, frank and straightforward; therefore, you have few friends." Which is a statement I pretty strongly resonate with.
So, to sum it up, holding something as a value influences both your own possession of that quality, and your opinion of other people based on that value. It is one of the reasons I try to pry a little deeper than the usual "i liek cudles nd videoo gamz" most people put out as their description.
(most people don't actually misspell it like that though; that's just me being silly)
I am someone who values competence in people, a value introduced to me by an activist by the name of Diana Davison. I have other values and convictions too, but in this journal I would like to muse on the effects of having these.
So, competence. The main effects of this value is twofold; the first is that since I value it, I try to embody it as my self-esteem depends on me living up to my values.
The second effect is a strong, strong, STRONG dislike of incompetence in other people.
Having values and convictions tends to have the effect of turning ambigious gray areas into stark black and white, strangers into friends or enemies (or at least, if not enemies then people you really don't like very much!).
This is probably why people don't particularly care much for values and convictions; it tends to make your social life rather complicated.
Or, as I heard recently; "You are honest, frank and straightforward; therefore, you have few friends." Which is a statement I pretty strongly resonate with.
So, to sum it up, holding something as a value influences both your own possession of that quality, and your opinion of other people based on that value. It is one of the reasons I try to pry a little deeper than the usual "i liek cudles nd videoo gamz" most people put out as their description.
(most people don't actually misspell it like that though; that's just me being silly)
