Sticking to our core values
When I was a teenager I sold out on one of my values, the freedom to make my own choices. I wanted to get a nose piercing and my parents cleverly offered me a pair of the coolest roller-blades if I agreed to wait until my eighteenth birthday. I never got the nose piercing… I did, however, later reflect on how easily I traded away a core value for what was effectively a status symbol amongst my friends. I have later learnt that the most important thing is to stay true to those things you hold most precious, as this is what is going to make you happy in the long run. Even if it means that you will be...