Unearthing Your Foundational You: How to develop a nuanced set of core principles

Previously, I offered a simple approach to identifying your core principles. My PsychologyToday.com article today is for readers willing to take a bit more time in the service of developing a more comprehensive and nuanced set of life pillars as well as juxtaposing your current ones against your aspired-to ones.

Living By Your Principles: Baby steps toward getting there

Most of us would like to prioritize principles over expediency. As social reformer Henry Ward Beecher wrote, “Expedients are for the hour, principles are for the ages.”

But we’re human. As psychologist Alfred Adler wrote, “It’s easier to fight for one’s principles than to live up to them.” Perhaps one or more of the tips I offer in my PsychologyToday.com article today will make it easier for your principles to prevail.