Core Values: Excellence, Respect, and Love

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Introduction
Core values are the standards of behavior that an individual or organization perceives to be of central importance. Core values are fundamental values or guiding principles that help a person determine what is wrong or right. They help a person or an organization determine the right path towards attaining their goals by highlighting an unwavering guide towards the intended goals. Core values help build one's rapport, and other people can view them as role models. Core values instill confidence and uphold one's ethics. Core values are variant across individuals based on their background, beliefs, or profession. A person must identify their meaningful values, which help one live a fulfilling and happy life. Memorable experiences can help one develop the essential values that stand out in a situation, and one can derive one or more core values from a single experience. This essay will revolve around three core values derived from three essays and typical examples aligned with the issue at hand. The core values are; excellence, respect, and love.
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In one essay, the author, Nick Capo, an English professor, describes his core value as excellence. He was able to embrace this value from his late father, who excelled at basketball. The author was able to see his father's quest for perfection in understanding the critical concepts of basketball. His father studied baseball in-depth, stimulated by his passion for the game. Nick's father recorded various techniques, statistics, and observations of various teams for close to fifty years. The author recalls the many evenings they spent outside where his father would teach him the game's intensity. The author states that he could have a different outlook towards navigating through tasks when he had a look at his father’s black notebook. He was able to learn that success is brought about by hard work, practice, and effort. This value of excellence plays out in his life where he practices competence and excellence in his teaching profession and passes it on to his students. He emphasizes rewarding specific accomplishments motivated by effort or risks. He takes pride in achievements and absolute joy in his pursuit of excellence (Teacher, 2011).
The second essay is based on respect as a core value. The author, Chris Porter, is a nurse practitioner who lives in Seattle Washington, Chris lives in a cosmopolitan American society. He lives in a world based on stereotypes and pre-judgment based on people with his appearance. Chris ascertains that he lives in a society with the lowest expectation because he lives in America. Chris aims to be an excellent example to society by breaking the societal stereotypes regarding African Americans, such as the possibility to commit a crime, serving prison sentences, and the likelihood to have multiple children with no paternal responsibility. Chris narrates an incident where he prejudged his patient based on how he stared at him. Chris initially thought that his patient was staring at him because of his race and profe...