Where I'm going..

Values

Guiding principles that continue despite milestones.

Vulnerability

Believe that we're all somehow connected and have the larger perspective on things.

Honesty

Invest in the truth for the good and the bad.

Redemption

Try as hard as you can, sometimes you fall. This is not permanent. Get up seize the next day.

Perseverance

Stick it out for things that matter. You define the things that matter.

Intellectual vitality

The ability to seemingly uncomfortable and abstract topics under the sun with an open mind and reasoning from first principles.

Grit

Combines with perseverance with a single goal in mind.

Drive

An innate, biologically determined urge to attain a goal or satisfy a need.

Question status quo

Question the "status quo" that is usually accepted. Reason for relevance

Openness

Be open to changing your mind, often. It's powerful.

Candor

Powerful to allow for new ideas to emerge. People reciprocate and mimic candor.

Humor

With the perspective that we're on a ball of dust floating through space, you'd only be left with the humor of it.