When describing vision or purpose, people will base them on their values.

These are the values they believe in.

What is being assessed when people describe their vision or their purpose is how people act.

These are the values they follow up on.

Values are present in our everyday life through every action we entertain. Our behavior is the monitor of our values.

Behaviors can make us aware of how we live our values.

We can adapt our behavior to our values.

It’s not to say that this is an easy undertaking. Benjamin Franklin made it a lifelong project realizing that it requires constant practice to transform values into virtues we hold.