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           Thesevaluesareimmediateandcontrollableandengageyouwiththeworldasitisratherthanhowyouwishitwere.

           Badvaluesaregenerallyreliantonexternalevents—flyinginaprivatejet,beingtoldyou’rerightallthetime,owningahouseintheBahamas,eatingacannoliwhilegettingblownbythreestrippers.Badvalues,whilesometimesfunorpleasurable,lieoutsideofyourcontrolandoftenrequiresociallydestructiveorsuperstitiousmeanstoachieve.

           Valuesareaboutprioritization.EverybodywouldloveagoodcannoliorahouseintheBahamas.Thequestionisyourpriorities.Whatarethevaluesthatyouprioritizeaboveeverythingelse,andthatthereforeinfluenceyourdecision-makingmorethananythingelse?

           HirooOnoda’shighestvaluewascompleteloyaltyandservicetotheJapaneseempire.Thisvalue,incaseyoucouldn’ttellfromreadingabouthim,stankworsethanarottensushiroll.ItcreatedreallyshittyproblemsforHiroo—namely,hegotstuckonaremoteislandwherehelivedoffbugsandwormsforthirtyyears.Oh,andhefeltcompelledtomurderinnocentcivilianstoo.SodespitethefactthatHiroosawhimselfasasuccess,anddespitethefactheliveduptohismetrics,Ithinkwecanallagreethathislifereallysucked—noneofuswouldtradeshoeswithhimgiventheopportunity,norwouldwecommendhisactions.

           DaveMustaineachievedgreatfameandgloryandfeltlikeafailureanyway.Thisisbecausehe’dadoptedacrappyvaluebasedonsomearbitrarycomparisontothesuccessofothers.