The following is based on an essay by Denny Howe at the University of Pennsylvania.
Our core values give us personal focus, strength, resilience, and meaning when the outside world doesn’t always give us what we think we need or want. One of the challenges in maintaining behavior consistent with our core values is the perception of significance. How significant something becomes is directly proportional to the amount of emotional energy we give it.
When you feel balanced and secure, more aligned with your core values, you naturally respond in a more balanced and appropriate way. But, when you are operating at a mental or emotional deficit, your actions and reactions to people and events can easily become magnified, distorted and misguided.
This can cause you to continue to replay events, second guess your decisions, and work yourself into greater emotional turmoil. This is emotionally exhausting and it’s unproductive. All because of the extra significance you’ve given it, not necessarily founded on the reality of the event or situation.
The issue at hand may indeed be important, but stop and sincerely ask yourself is the...
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