3.1.3 Values Analysis

Looking at the values index cards from Activity 3.1 again, I’ve discovered that my top three values are productivity, determination, and responsibility. I chose productivity as my first of the three because when I’m doing my things as efficiently as possible, I will be able to perform my best and create an outstanding result in the activity that I’m doing. Determination ranked second place because I believe that if I’m driven towards a goal, it will make me want to work on it and will force me to try as hard as I can when completing the goal. Responsibility is ranked third because I think that since I’m responsible for my own actions, I have to do the stuff that I need to do in order to finish the task and do well on the task. Also, knowing that there will be consequences with all my actions, I will try my best to avoid any troubles.
I say this because there were some activities did reflect the values that I say I hold while some did not reflect at all. One thing that I did that aligned well with one of my values was finishing my homework and assignments on time with the value of determination. This week was considered pretty hectic compared to my other weeks because there was the DECA training session held on Friday after school and the tutoring lessons that I had just started. Completing my homework/assignments on time and determination is what I consider being successfully aligned since it usually takes me a long time to finish my work. Since I was extremely eager to finish everything and hand in all assignments on time fearing that I will fall behind and be overwhelmed if I don’t work hard and stay focused. My ambition to stay on track allowed me to be successful during the week and to doge any penalties from not handing in my