The ObservatoryWhen two values collide
The hard part is rarely knowing what you value. It is that two values pull in different directions at the same time. A method for choosing deliberately instead of being torn apart.
How it works
- Put the collision into wordsWrite
- Weigh it, without being fooledWrite
- Choose, and pay deliberatelyWrite
Family versus career. Freedom versus security. Honesty versus consideration. Value conflicts are not a sign that you chose the wrong values. They are the price of having several. The first step is to see exactly which tw …
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Why does it work?
Schwartz, Advances in Experimental Social Psychology (1992): basic values form a circumplex in which some values are structurally opposed, so conflicts are expected, not deviant. The shift in time perspective is the same mechanism as the 10-10-10 method (Welch, 2009).
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