How important are personality and values to us?
In my opinion, they are the
determined element of our soul. During our life, the most important thing is
not about how much money we earn or how famous we are, but how well we have
developed our personality and values. Just as once I mentioned in a letter to
my younger brother, though as a student, the primary task is not to get high
scores in examinations, but to develop a mature personality and values. It is a
lesson that everyone should take: before we can be talents we should make sure
we can be the virtuous.
Good personality and values
always bring us surprises. Just like the sun whose lights can spread to every
corner, they benefit us on every aspect, from how to study well to how to get others’
preference. They make us more comprehensive, which means why we get other’s preference
is not because of a certain kind of skill but those determined characteristics.
Personality is how we see ourselves while values are how we see the world. However,
both of them are relevant factors on influencing others’ impressions on us.
In fact, it is almost
impossible that a person with fairly a matured personality and values cannot
make a difference.
I would like to end the
Blog by sharing Ben-jamin Franklin 13 rules:
1. Temperance: Eat not to dullness and drink not to elevation.
节制：不要吃得像个傻子，也不要喝得飘飘然。
2. Silence: Speak not but what may benefit others or yourself. Avoid trifling conversation.
沉默：只说那些能让他人或自己受益的话。避免闲聊。
3. Order: Let all your things have their places. Let each part of your business have its time.
秩序：让东西各归其位。给自己的事务安排好时间。
4. Resolution: Resolve to perform what you ought. Perform without fail what you resolve.
决心：下定决心做你应该做的。把要解决的问题成功解决掉。
5. Frugality: Make no expense but to do good to others or yourself: i.e. Waste nothing.
节俭：只花对他人或自己有益处的钱，就是说不要浪费任何东西。
6. Industry: Lose no time. Be always employed in something useful. Cut off all unnecessary actions.
勤奋：不要浪费时间。总应该有些有用的事来做。取消一切不必要的活动。
7. Sincerity: Use no hurtful deceit. Think innocently and justly; and, if you speak, speak accordingly.
诚实：不要恶意骗人。以善意和公正为思考的出发点；而且说话也应如此。
8. Justice: Wrong none, by doing injuries or omitting the benefits that are your duty.
正当：不应当去伤害人或因失职而使利益受损。
9. Moderation: Avoid extremes. Forbear resenting injuries so much as you think they deserve.
适度：避免极端。克制怨恨会带来多大的伤害仅在自己一念之间。
10. Cleanliness: Tolerate no uncleanness in body, clothes or habitation.
整洁：不可容忍身体、衣服和住所的污秽。
11. Chastity: Rarely use venery but for health or offspring; Never to dullness, weakness, or the injury of your own or another's peace or reputation.
贞洁：仅为健康和生育的目的行房；不要在此事上犯傻，也不要软弱，更不要有损于自己或他人的平静与名声。
12. Tranquility: Be not disturbed at trifles, or at accidents common or unavoidable.
冷静：不要让琐事，普通或不可避免的事故来扰乱自己。
节制：不要吃得像个傻子，也不要喝得飘飘然。
2. Silence: Speak not but what may benefit others or yourself. Avoid trifling conversation.
沉默：只说那些能让他人或自己受益的话。避免闲聊。
3. Order: Let all your things have their places. Let each part of your business have its time.
秩序：让东西各归其位。给自己的事务安排好时间。
4. Resolution: Resolve to perform what you ought. Perform without fail what you resolve.
决心：下定决心做你应该做的。把要解决的问题成功解决掉。
5. Frugality: Make no expense but to do good to others or yourself: i.e. Waste nothing.
节俭：只花对他人或自己有益处的钱，就是说不要浪费任何东西。
6. Industry: Lose no time. Be always employed in something useful. Cut off all unnecessary actions.
勤奋：不要浪费时间。总应该有些有用的事来做。取消一切不必要的活动。
7. Sincerity: Use no hurtful deceit. Think innocently and justly; and, if you speak, speak accordingly.
诚实：不要恶意骗人。以善意和公正为思考的出发点；而且说话也应如此。
8. Justice: Wrong none, by doing injuries or omitting the benefits that are your duty.
正当：不应当去伤害人或因失职而使利益受损。
9. Moderation: Avoid extremes. Forbear resenting injuries so much as you think they deserve.
适度：避免极端。克制怨恨会带来多大的伤害仅在自己一念之间。
10. Cleanliness: Tolerate no uncleanness in body, clothes or habitation.
整洁：不可容忍身体、衣服和住所的污秽。
11. Chastity: Rarely use venery but for health or offspring; Never to dullness, weakness, or the injury of your own or another's peace or reputation.
贞洁：仅为健康和生育的目的行房；不要在此事上犯傻，也不要软弱，更不要有损于自己或他人的平静与名声。
12. Tranquility: Be not disturbed at trifles, or at accidents common or unavoidable.
冷静：不要让琐事，普通或不可避免的事故来扰乱自己。
13. Humility: Imitate Jesus and Socrates.
谦逊：向耶酥和苏格拉底学习。
Some good principles to live by.
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