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Everything that follows in this curriculum — values, boundaries, commitments, priorities, purpose — depends on the foundational claim that you have the right and responsibility to direct your own mind. Sovereign thinking is not the end. It is the beginning of self-directed living.
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Your actual values are revealed by what you consistently prioritize not what you claim to prioritize.
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What you say you value and what your behavior reveals you value are often different. The gap between stated and revealed values is one of the most important pieces of self-knowledge you can acquire.
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