It is common to reflect on questions about ourselves, about our character traits and the description we have of ourselves, and most people can do that quite easily but it’s much more difficult to describe one-self entirely on the beliefs that we have. That is where I feel the true character is revealed and knowledge of those beliefs lets each of us to move those from the subconscious mind to the conscious mind where we can shift our beliefs and decisions more easily by choice. Without examining your own belief structure, we easily confuse our beliefs and how they steer us, with situational excuses or victimization, both which highly limit our ability to change and grow in areas we are striving for improvement in to become a better person.
Core values and principles are often looked at to define things or a person, but they are unfounded without also looking at the beliefs that shape them. Values and principle are really just the actions or results we show because of what we believe. For example, take integrity as a value or principle. Integrity is something that is shown when a person acts consistently with good judgment. Well that judgment is really part of the underlying