To further illustrate, here is a simple example: Your young daughter is in second grade and tonight she has her first play opening. She is innocent bunny, but your Friday nights have historically been designated for haning out and drinking with guys.

Quite a dilemma, huh?

Should I see my daughter’s first play performance or should I let my super important friends down because if I do, I might lose one or two of them since I’m not a ‘gamer’. You think this will inevitaly ruin or dent up my social life.

Hmmmm...

Well if answer is to go to bar with your friends, you are slowly or quickly ruining what should be most precious relationships to you. Your daughter and partner. If it was not even a question and you wouldn’t have missed her play for world, then you’d be surprised how many selfish people would have picked social situation.

This example is one of a million I could have come up with that determines your higher and lower values in life. Deciding what's more important to you and committing yourself consistently to this mindset.

It is not as important farther you go down list of high values, but your number one and two are of utmost importance.

Try to make certain it’s not you at numero uno!

Being selfless is a mindset, especially towards your family and living life with an empathetic attitude toward rest of world, creates a more harmonious existence. Moreover, this will eventually speak volumes about your character and lessen burden of guilt that can eat away at your very core.

If you strive to live cleaner, not a necessarily more boring existance, you’ll want to examine your highest and lowest values in your life everyday and vow to maintain their order. They will keep you mentally healthy and always progressing.

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