I took some time during this reflection season to better clarify and articulate my values and cultural tenets. For the longest of time, I thought of “people,” “learning,” and “contribution” as my values but seemed to change my cultural tenets from time to time and, unsurprisingly, never remember the list of the moment.
A big part of the reflection this year was attempting to boil what I valued to two things (more on this in an upcoming post). And, as soon as I did that, I found clarity in expressing what my cultural tenets were and why writing here has changed my life.
Constraints are powerful.
As part of this exercise, I updated my About page. Here’s the revamped section.
I value living and working with doers and contributing to problems that matter. The simplified 2 word articulation would be – People and Contribution.
My personal cultural tenets – a.k.a how I show up – are:
Integrity: I do what I say I will do
Hunger: I approach my priorities with an obsessive attention to contribution
Learning: I focus on what and how I’m learning above how I’m doing
This blog is central to those cultural tenets. The discipline of writing everyday has given me the confidence in my ability to keep my own word. It has served as an outlet for my obsessive attention to contribution and taught me to contribute by first being the change I wish to see in the world. And, most importantly, it continues to inspire a learning focused mindset that values becoming over being.
In short, it has shaped me to be me.
I realized over the last week that this blog now crossed 5000 posts in October. And, I wanted to take a moment to thank you for coming along for the ride. Writing here is extra special thanks to your notes and responses. :-)
