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Values vs Shoulds Audit

Keep what survives scrutiny

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Half of what people call 'my values' are inherited shoulds. Sort them and keep only what survives honest scrutiny.

Values I claim publicly
Values my calendar and money actually show
Where they don't match
The ones I inherited but don't actually want

References & further reading

Conceptual background and further reading, not validation of this handout. Named instruments and methods belong to their original authors; custom prompts and trackers are not validated versions of those instruments.

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