What is important to me?
Relationships, leadership, monetary, etc.
These are the notes that I have regarding our first AR
entry. Then I reread the syllabus on
entry 1; three core values…
Surprisingly, my answers to these two are somewhat
different, although intertwined at many points.
What is important to me; my Christian faith, my beloved family, my livelihood
(continuous employment), the health of those I love, and respect.
My Core Values: (well I will cheat a bit, because they are
so ingrained in me and go with three Air Force service core values. They are Integrity
First, Service Before Self, and Excellence
In All We Do… those three phrases were stolen from the A.F. the rest of the
read-in on them is my take of what they mean in my life).
1.
Integrity
First – If one strives to always be honest, whether it is as an academic,
co-worker, father, or husband, it reaps the reward of removing barriers to good
communication and often instills or strengthens good moral, ethical, and
Christian behavior. I love the Lord and Christ
Jesus and while never above reproach or free of mistake or sin, I try always to
live honestly as I believe I should be a man of good Christian conduct.
2.
Service
Before Self – Service for and to others requires a willful desire to set
your own personality, individualism, ego, and agenda aside. This is nearly always accompanied by
hardships and sacrifices the individual must endure and overcome for a larger
purpose, goal, mission, or enterprise.
Therefore, service and sacrifice are often required as I recognize that
the majority of my life and loves (family, professional achievements through
work, participation in acts of charity, etc.) are contributions to causes
bigger then myself (or my already gigantic head).
3.
Excellence
In All We Do (Excellence in all I do / Hard-work ethic) – I strive to excel
in anything I confront. Excel is a
highly subjective term and depends heavily on the task at hand. As I have gotten older, I have realized that excelling sometimes is simply completing
something, often can mean confronting and conquering an obstacle, or can refer
to completing a task ‘above-and-beyond’ what is required. I am impatient, so often I may have to fight
my haste to act and instead wait to assemble a plan or collaborate with others
how to really achieve a task or excel at a task or responsibility.
Integrity in everything and a hard-work
ethic requires ownership and responsibility to be taken for all actions. This can be much more difficult when things
do not go well, but good morals, character, and ethics require taking personal
responsibility (accountability).
Close
to making the list:
- Attention to detail
- Flexibility with situations confronted
- Fighting the ‘I’m not going to share this
experience or piece of information I know…’ (because it makes me more valuable
to …) keeper-of-the-keys ideal that
is all to present in commercial work-places
- and the list goes on and on…
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