Top 10 Values

1. Faith: my faith has sustained me through many difficulties that I don’t think that I could have made it though successfully without it.
• I will not take a job or go into a career path that will cause me to go against my faith. I guess that means that being a CIA sniper is out. Killing people is frowned on by my church.

2. Family: My wife and kids are the greatest things that have ever happened to me.
• I have known many people whose families live in one state, or country for that matter, but they work in a different. They will commute on Monday morning and Friday night. That would be the biggest factor in choosing a career. Also, if I have to spend a lot of time away from my family, that just won’t do.

3. Integrity: Being a man of integrity is one of the most important things to me.
• If I need to compromise my values, that is a job that I don’t need to be a part of.

4. Freedom: I come from a very patriotic family, who has at many different times thought out history has served in the US military and have fought to gain and preserve the freedom that we enjoy. I try to not ever forget the sacrifice of those who have sacrificed so much so that I can enjoy my freedom.
• I actually can’t think of any jobs in the United States that would make me give up my freedoms. There are jobs that an expatriate may have where the freedoms may be given up, even though the US passport asks foreign governments to allow the same freedoms that are given in the United States.

5. Education: This is the key to unlocking the potential they contain. It is a hand up in life to have the opportunities to provide for my family in a way that will meet my personal goals for my profession. It also will allow a person to become employed and live a life, if financially responsible, without the stress of buying groceries, paying utilities, etc…
• The greater the education that I obtain, the better the job I will be able to secure.

6. Courage: there are few people that have the courage to stand against popular thought when popular thought isn’t the right thing.
• This won’t make a difference on my choice of careers. Courage is a personal thing that a person will take with them no matter the career choice.

7. Honesty: One of my biggest pet peeves is when a person lies to me. I don’t lie, and I expect others to offer me the same courtesy.
• This one won’t make much of a difference on my career choice. I can only think of two industries where the people are known for not being honest, and I have no desire to be a politician or a litigation/personal injury lawyer.

8. Reliability: If I give someone my word, that person can rest assured that it will be done as I said that it would. If I can’t meet the deadline, then I will still get the thing done as soon as physically possible. I also expect the same from others.
• Again, not a deal breaker for a career. Maybe it may change the place I work at, but not the career choice.

9. Peace: Having peace in life is definitely the way to live. Peace with others and peace with yourself. I have lived at times without that peace, and now that I have it, I would never give it up.
• If I find myself in a career that doesn’t offer peace to me, I will have to reevaluate things in my life. But I don’t know of many that will take that peace from me.

10. Security: I like being able to know how my needs are going to be met, and some of my wants. Those needs also extend to those of my family’s.
• This one does play a big role in the career choice. I have set some goals ($$$) for my career and if they don’t meet the goals then I won’t even consider them.