Reflection About Values

Knowing yourself and what you value is a key step to success and self-awareness. As I learn more about myself and realize my values through this class and one of my past classes, I have become more self-aware and how I can fit into groups and organizations. It is critical to know your personality and strengths and weaknesses in order to know how you can fit and contribute to a group or organization. As I gathered, perspectives of myself from my family and friends, the conclusion was that I am a very ground person who knows what I want in my life and goes above and beyond to achieve them. While I reflect on this, I realized that my values, personality, and attitude really do coincide with their perspective of me and also my own perspective of myself

Values are very essential and can guide people’s behavior in life. A few are family, education, and determination. Family to me is the most important value. My family supports me through whatever I do, and they motivate me to do the best that I can. They have also have and taught me values that I now also value. Education is also important to me. While kids in America have the luxury of going to school and having free education usually up to high school, people like my parents did not have that luxury. They only got through elementary school because that was what their family could afford for them. Their experience has changed my perspective on education and has made me value it more. Education opens door to new opportunities gives people and chance to achieve their version of their “American dream.” Determination is a value that is very influential to me. Determination allows me to follow steps to achieve my goals and to go above and beyond. It also allows me to face failures and overcome