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The Non-Negotiables
There are those few things that define who you are, guide your choices, and keep you anchored when everything else changes. These are our non-negotiables.
In today’s episode, I would like to share with you, how to identify your top three non-negotiables. Our non-negotiables offer direction, shape our lives, and protect our peace when the world demands too much.
For some, it might be faith, integrity, and family. For others, creativity, freedom, and loyalty. Whatever they are, they must come from a place of truth not from trends, pressure, or fear. Because if your values are borrowed, your peace will always be rented.
To identify them, start by looking at what breaks you when it’s missing. What, when violated, leaves you feeling empty or restless? Dr Brené Brown shows that emotional pain often points directly to our core values. For example, if betrayal destroys you more than failure, loyalty might be a non-negotiable.
If feeling silenced makes you sick, self-expression or authenticity may top your list. Pain, though uncomfortable, is often the most honest mirror of your priorities.
The truth is, life will always test what you claim matters most. There will be opportunities that tempt you to trade authenticity for applause, or money for meaning. And in those moments, your non-negotiables become your protection.
They remind you who you are before the world tells you who to be. They help you walk away from what looks good but doesn’t feel right.
If you’re unsure where to begin, write down ten things you care deeply about, then circle three that you can’t imagine losing without losing yourself.
Those are your non-negotiables. Guard them, nurture them, and live by them, because the moment you know what you won’t compromise, clarity follows. Your relationships improve, your choices get simpler and peace becomes a daily companion.
At the end of the day, life is about doing the right things for the right reasons. You may not have all the answers yet, but once you know your top three non-negotiables, you’ll start living with purpose.
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