Fulfillment is not found, however, in the completion of disjointed goals, no matter how lofty, but only in goals tethered to a deliberate system of personal principles or values.
Such a system values the weight of products (think: cans, soda) over the quality and nutrition of food.
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But that doesn't add up to a set of values, a belief system or a vision of what America can or should be, like the visions offered by the two presidents who most reshaped the political landscape in the last century, Franklin Roosevelt and Ronald Reagan.
The vanguard of efforts to change basic values could be reforms of the civil service and the education system.
We need to find a balance between traditional value systems and this new hybrid digital system, which seems to have a set of values that stand in direct conflict with anything traditional.
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For a sustainable future, we need an education system that promotes an appreciation of the environment, the values of peace, goodwill, tolerance, intercultural understanding and respect.
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"The trouble is we judge Richard by a pseudo-Victorian values system, but we judge others in the context of their time, " she said.
The private-sector pension funds, one of the main symbols of Chile's market system, have been reporting losses as share values have tumbled.
In addition to our legal system, other sectors of our society rely on oaths to ensure truthfulness and uphold values.
Much of the animus against the free enterprise system is that it encourages shallow, materialistic values.
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Having the right employee to champion the new patient-centric values and ideals will likely be important to the overall success of the hospital system.
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And we need radically new ways of funding scientific businesses, who are consistently let down by our banking and investment system which values quick wins over long-term growth.
Instead, the Conservative leader imagines a welfare system where ministers in Whitehall pull fiscal strings which encourage people towards his party's core values of hard work, saving, marriage and having children (when you can afford to).
"If we can find a better solution to paying for care, one day we might be able to replace the cruel "dementia taxes" we have at the moment and build a system meeting all of a person's needs - mental, physical, social - rooted in NHS values, " he added.
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No matter how well intentioned (and politically appealing), protecting individual values in isolation of the consequence to other values can never be as optimal as making decisions with the full system in view and on the table.
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In a market system based on private property rights and the rule of law, people are free to choose, and prices reflect relative values that consumers place on alternatives.
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