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What are some standards that are most important in your life? Consistent truisms!  I find that in these times of US political chaos, no one group of people have your interests covered. You have to get informed and become a critical thinker to come to some conclusions that are well researched and free from bias.  So... standards wise I have a strong standard of not letting any one person or group sway my decision.  Take it all in and spend some time with it on your own.  Another standard that is important to me is directed ambiguity; I know that you can't always have the clearest picture moving forward with projects or programs, but an achievable goal needs to be established for what ever you are doing.  Even if the goal is one that takes you through the day or the week, there needs to be a way to measure accomplishment and achieve something tangible. So what I am saying is that ambiguity makes work interesting but too much of it will make you CRAZY! Another standard that has become so important to me as of late is being a good father.  I feel that I have always been trying to achieve something that will allow me to better provide for my family, but by doing so it has taken it's toll with the amount of engagement I have had with my children and wife.   Now that I have a new job that requires me to take my work home with me, at least mentally, I am spending less time with my family and am not sure how to correct this.  I was doing this masters program prior to starting this job and would like to finish on the schedule that was already in place, but I have no time.  I can't give my all to both school and work, and in fact I have not been able to give anything to school for three weeks now.In short, a work-life balance where you lean more towards the life side is one of my standards. I of course am talking of my latest string of standards, I have been a waiver-er for most of my life and jump on board with what my friends, family, and/or work colleagues are pushing.  I feel that I have not been one to really think things through, although, if you didn't know me and were to bare witness to my accomplishments you would think I have it all planned out and that I am on track to take over Mars where we decide to inhabit it.  I have made some good decisions, but most of them were slapping me in the face.  The rest were emotional drive towards something that sounded interesting, like a masters in leadership.  I know that I will be able to do amazing things with my schooling, but will it out way the things I will achieve with my new skill sets and experience.  As stated before I have gone through many standards over my short lifetime and continue to develop new ones, but I feel that my future standards will have a lot more of me in them, and that is exciting.

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