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#199 - Taylor Pearson - Discover Your Life’s Core Values & Operating Principles

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Jul 20, 2020

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Taylor Pearson

Taylor Pearson, an investor and writer known for his insights on core values and life principles, joins the discussion to explore how understanding and defining your values can transform your life. He shares practical exercises to articulate personal values and highlights the importance of aligning intentions with actions. The conversation also tackles overcoming psychological barriers and resistance to change, plus how to boost productivity by syncing core values with daily tasks. Listeners will find actionable strategies for meaningful personal growth.

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Implicit Values and Principles

Everyone makes decisions based on internal algorithms, even if they're not explicitly aware of them.
Externalizing these algorithms as values and principles can improve self-reflection and consistency.

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Origin of Operating Principles

Taylor Pearson started writing down principles after repeatedly making the same mistakes.
Reviewing these principles during weekly planning helps him avoid repeating past errors.

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Alignment and Navigation

Aligning actions with values creates a sense of fulfillment and happiness.
Values and principles act as a navigational system, guiding us back on course when we stray.

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Navigating Core Values and Resistance

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Overcoming Resistance and Embracing Completion in Decision Making

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Embracing Transformative Change

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Maximizing Productivity through Personal Values and Energy Management

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Embracing Action: The Value of Immediate Decisions and Thoughtful Literature

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Taylor Pearson is an investor and writer.

Your life is highly controlled by your values and principles, even if you haven't written them down, or even know what they are. I fell in love with Taylor's blog post on this topic at the start of 2020 and just had to bring him on to discuss it.

Expect to learn why defining your values & principles can change your life, the importance of aligning your intentions with your actions, how values & principles relate and differ, how to identify & create your own list and much more...

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Extra Stuff:

Taylor's Core Value List - https://taylorpearson.me/core-values-list/

Taylor's General Operating Principles - https://taylorpearson.me/principles/

Follow Taylor on Twitter - https://twitter.com/taylorpearsonme

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