Your values are your current estimations of truth. They represent your answer to the question of how to live.

By all means listen to other people's advice, but when in doubt go with your gut instinct.

If you don't make a conscious choice... someone else will decide for you. It may be your boss, a family member, an advertiser, a collective social influence, or someone or something else, but it won't be something of your deliberate choosing.

Realize that you earn income by providing value - not time - so find a way to provide your best value to others, and charge a fair price for it.

Understand that relationships are more important than contracts. Business deals are relationships between people. The signed piece of paper is important, but it's merely the result of the relationship, not the cause. If the relationship crumbles, the contract won't save you, although it could be very lucrative for your lawyer.

The only thing stopping you is fear, and the only thing that will get you past it is courage. What you do with your life isn't up to your parents, your boss, or your spouse. It's up to you and you alone.

Curiosity is more flexible and practical than belief.