Values, Beliefs, and Behavior

How do they relate to each other, if at all? It is simple and not so much.

Values  +  Beliefs  =  Behavior

Know a person's motivations in the context of their values and beliefs and you will better understand the "why?" of behavior. This understanding is critical in our world today as politicians seem to become more and more populist and less and less moderate. They speak for and to a smaller and smaller but more vocal segment of society with harsher and shriller words. WHY they do what they do is a function of the equation.

Values govern behavior; it is the motivation for our actions.

Beliefs are how we express our values to ourselves and to others, how we operate them.

When you understand the concept of how they work together, you will understand human behavior better than 90% of the world's population.

Think about that the next time you are angry at the Trumps or Le Pens or Putins of the world's governments. It might help keep your angst and blood pressure down a bit.