Rokeach Values Survey

After completing the Rokeach Values Survey, I think my results may be slightly comparable to others’ assessment results. For those who have high spiritual values, then they like me would rank Salvation as #1. Someone who may not be as concerned about their souls (per say) would not rank Salvation #1. Someone who has Salvation ranked lower on their assessment may knowingly commit sin on a daily basis and not care. They may not be concerned with taking the necessary actions to have a saved, eternal life. Even though I and someone else may not score Salvation the same does not mean we cannot interact with one another. We may not hang out together (i.e. going to clubs) we may have other things in common such as sports or maybe politics. Another summarization of someone scoring different than myself would be ranking Pleasure #7. As much as I enjoy a leisurely life, I believe work comes first. If you work hard you can play hard. Someone else may believe play hard now and work hard later. I believe that this person and I could possibly learn from each other even though are rankings are different. Sometimes working hard can lead to stress, unnecessary stress. If I interact with the person who ranks Pleasure higher, they can possibly show me how to relieve some of that stress by putting my work aside and letting my hair down. I in turn can show them that if they work a little harder they can play a little harder. In regards to “Instrumental Values”, I ranked Independent as #1. I feel that it is very important to be self-sufficient and self-reliant. Someone who depends on their parents or others for most of their income or needs may not have the same ranking. Someone who ranked Independent differently than I may always have someone doing something for them like paying their rent, always giving them money for any and everything, washing their clothes when they are fully capable of doing it themselves. Here is a real life example of me being Responsible versus a church member of mine. Within my church organization we do a lot of traveling to other locations within the organization. Before I do any traveling with the church, I make sure that all my bills are paid. If I have extra then I travel, if I don’t then I don’t. Unfortunately I have this one friend who doesn’t care. If the church is going to a location that she wants to go to, she goes whether her bills are paid or not. There have been a couple of times when she has come to me for money to help with her bills. The first two times I loaned her the money however that has stopped. I explained to her that it is important that she pays her bills on time and “play” later. I tried to get her to understand that by paying her bills late would affect her credit. The sad part is she is old enough to know this. Nevertheless, by me being Responsible this will help me in the future after graduation to get a better paying job. Especially if the job does credit references or looks at your credit score.