在《納瓦爾寶典》中，納瓦爾談到一個十分重要的觀念：
這句話點醒了我：人生並不是靠目標（goals）來導航，而是靠價值觀（values）。「價值觀是一組我絕不妥協的事，而我用它們過完一生。」
目標會隨著年齡、環境與階段改變：
你可能想換工作、追求業績、提高薪水、累積成就…… 但價值觀不會。 它是你在做所有決定時的底層優先順序。
我曾經追求高薪工作，以為薪水越高，人生越成功。 但後來我發現：
目標會改變，價值觀很難改變。
我真正重視的不是收入數字，而是工作與生活的平衡。
這才是我不願妥協的核心。
再回頭看，我才明白：追求高薪其實是社會替我設定的目標； 而我自己真正的價值觀，是希望日子能穩定、有節奏感， 並保留探索新事物的餘裕。
當我開始用價值觀，而不是目標引導人生時，一件很深刻的事發生了：
我感覺自己比較活得像自己。
納瓦爾說，真正重要的不是你達成什麼目標，而是你是否依照自己的價值觀去生活。 因為只有價值觀能陪你走一輩子， 目標只能陪你走一段時間。
忠於核心，人生才會慢慢成為你真正想過的模樣。
In The Almanack of Naval Ravikant, Naval highlights a powerful idea:
“It's a set of things I won't compromise on, and I live my entire life by them.”
Values—not goals—are what shape a meaningful life.
Goals change as circumstances shift.
You may want a promotion, a higher salary, a different industry, or a new achievement. But values endure. They are the principles you use to steer every decision you make.
For a long time, I chased high-paying jobs, believing that the higher the salary, the more successful my life would be. Eventually, I realized something important:
Goals can change, but values rarely do.
What I truly cared about was not income—it was balance between work and life.
That was the part of myself I wasn't willing to compromise.
Looking back, I now understand: chasing high pay was a goal shaped by society, but wanting a stable, spacious, and balanced life was a value shaped by my inner priorities.
And when I began letting my values—not my goals—guide my choices, something profound happened:
I started to feel like I was finally living more like myself.
Naval teaches that what matters is not the goals you accomplish, but whether you live according to your deepest values. Goals accompany you for a season. Values accompany you for a lifetime.
When you stay true to your core, life slowly begins to align with who you really are.
