Five words, defended. Not fifteen aspirational ones.
Values that live in your head bend to whatever is convenient. Written ones can be checked against a decision.
Pick five and write one line each explaining what it costs you to keep. A value with no cost is a preference.
Then read them before the next hard decision rather than after it.
How to actually do it
- 01Draft ten and cut to five.
- 02Write what each one costs you.
- 03Keep them somewhere you will see before a big decision.
You already know if this is the one. Go put a date on it.
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