Chapter 5. Values

If the question of “enough” gives a life orientation, values give it direction.They answer a quieter but equally important question:What matters enough to guide my choices?Every life is shaped by decisions.Some are dramatic turning points. Most are small and ordinary: what work to pursue, how to spend time, what relationships to invest in, what compromises to accept, what lines not to cross.But beneath these countless decisions lies something deeper.A set of priorities—often implicit—that determine how trade-offs are resolved.These priorities are what we call values.