Zero to 1: The Values Mirage, Are You Chasing What Matters?
3 INSIGHTS
I.
The world has too much information to process, so we automatically filter the world according to our values and ignore what we deem irrelevant.
II.
So in each moment, we focus our attention on what seems most valuable and are motivated to move towards it. In this way, we live in a world made of our values, a world in which we move towards, pursue, and attain what we believe is valuable.
III.
Yet, values are revealed through actions and their outcomes. When chasing or attaining leaves us worse rather than better, we're likely chasing false values—confusing fear for prudence, control for health, or validation for connection.
3 QUOTES
I.
"What gets us into trouble is not what we don't know. It's what we know for sure that just ain't so." - Mark Twain
II.
"It is very easy to love what we believe in, but far harder to learn what is worthy of our belief." - Santayana
III
"The map is not the territory." - Alfred Korzybski
1 QUESTION
When achieving your goals leaves you feeling empty rather than fulfilled, what might that reveal about your values?