You Are What You Do

Values In addition to the recording of their own behaviors and those of their respective dates, a systematic ranking of values yielded surprising results for some. As for the abstract values, I think that the majority of the values which I value most in a person are present in my date. However, 110 THE FAMILY COORDINATOR April 1971 This content downloaded from 157.55.39.138 on Thu, 19 May 2016 04:28:02 UTC All use subject to http://about.jstor.org/terms there are a few values that I think she has that I would like to see vanish, such as temperament, stubborness, and non-conformity. From our abstract values, it seems that I know and understand Boomer more than he knows me. When I listed his values in the order that I thought he believed, I correctly estimated ten values out of 20. Boomer correctly estimated five values out of 20. A disturbing difference was that he rated forgiveness so highly. I resent this because I feel that he wants me to forgive him a lot more than I value forgiveness. Being able to read on paper the things a person values greatly enables one to go into another's mind deeper and I believe these abstract values have helped my view into Bill's mind more than any part of this paper

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