Good question. There have been many "starts" in my life. And between these starts are different personas, different "me"s, each with a different facies more or less, and a slightly different view on the world, but, of course, sharing the same core values. Yes, I can say the core values never got changed.
I am, as I discovered quite early in life, a rara avis. Even in the society I grew up, I was one. When it comes to the core values, of course. Why such a rare bird? Well, I'd say because I don't only talk about these core values, but because I do apply them in my every day life. Many, many people hate me for that. Well, many people hate me for who and what I am, but then, there are quite a good number of people who love me for the same reason. Not as many as the haters though.
So, anyway... core values. Yes, things like truth, commitment, devotion, loyalty. The "get up and do it" instead of "let's waste our time talking about how to do it". Pisses people off, because they don't have the opportunity to show what exceptional they would be once they decide to do something - because by the time the decide to do it I already finished it.
Pisses people off too because of my uncanny 6th sense when it comes to lies. And - yes, I think the thing that pisses people off the most is my bluntness about it. I never beat around the bushes. I come out and say in their face, "this is a lie". Even if it hurts feelings. Even if it pisses them off. No, I do not do it so I can piss them off, not at all. It comes from my core values. I think that if you start tiptoeing around a "delicate" issue, and you end by sweeping the crap under the carpet so it wouldn't be seen, people will still know it's under the carpet, and what's worse, it will stink. And in time you'll get a whole stinky mess under your carpet.
I prefer to sweep it out in the open, and get everything clean.
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