There are many values that revolve around my life for a better life, but the 5 important ones are:
1. Integrity - Do the right thing! This is the most import value and I consider it to be the foundation of achieving a better life.
2. Courage- Face your fears accept and take on new challenges. The moral and mental strength that allows for the acceptance of new challenges without regards to the fear that may lie beneath.
3. Contentment - The pursuit of contentment is a state of mind established by fulfilling your basic needs.
4. Action- Do not wait until tomorrow when it can be accomplished today.
5. Respect To treat people as you would like to be treated.
I operate on two value systems in my professional life. This is not necessarily a negative approach since they don’t conflict with each other in fact, they go hand in hand. I believe that your personal values drive your professional values. You don’t just develop professional relationships in a work environment but informal relationships too and sometimes they can be more important as it can drive people to take decisions for the benefit of the organization. For example, having good ties with your direct subordinates can help to retain employees. One can’t always put a price on a comfortable business environment and it maybe the reason workers remain loyal to the organization. In another instance, to achieve contentment one works hard to have access to basic needs and that means doing your job well which is in line with professional competence at work.
Before I took admission in the MBA program, I worked as a business partner of a small clothing business in my country. My partner was a good friend and my decision to start a business with her was her commitment to providing unique designs of clothes that maximized customer satisfaction. I often thought of expanding the business but she decided to grow slow as fast expansion can often be uncontrolled and it can cause