The first task, he insisted, was to set out the values which inform spending priorities.
So, physical resilience, patience and perspective – and a willingness to set out the values that you care about.
Our great former editor CP Scott who set out our values over 94 years ago said that 'Comment is free, but facts are sacred'.
But, after the election, the new boss needs to set out those values and stick to them if Labour is to have a productive five years in Parliament.
She did not use the speech to lay out specific plans about what she hopes to accomplish in the months ahead, but instead set out the values and themes that she said she hoped would define her tenure.
Archbishop Winchelsey's instructions also set out relative values for the parishes of Reculver and St Nicholas-at-Wade with All Saints', in allocating dues for taxes known as "clerical tenths".
Monday's address to the nation and its political class was intended to set out the value system that informs the policy.
A third outcome, which is likely to be applicable to a broad range of patients, involves the setting out of general values and views about care and treatment to inform best interests.
The uncertainty in the Labour campaign, including whether the party needs to set out its fairness values more aggressively, will probably only come to a head if tomorrow's TV debate proves to be a second failure for Brown.
The prime minister will try to set out her political values after a testing day in which she conceded that Johnson's crowd-pleasing pitch to a capacity audience of 1,500 had made her "cross" because of his rejection of her Brexit strategy.
