Your core values impact everything you do, and if they are not being met, it can make your life more difficult! For example, if you have a core value of freedom and you feel trapped, it can make your life miserable. However, if you know one of your core values is freedom, you can work to incorporate more freedom in your life and celebrate the freedom you have in life.
Step one: Highlight
any of the values below that resonate with you.
- Achievement
- Adventure
- Beauty
- Charity
- Community
- Creativity
- Dignity
- Ethics
- Family
- Freedom
- Friendship
- Fun
- Generosity
- Growth
- Happiness
- Health
- Honesty
- Honour
- Humility
- Independence
- Individuality
- Inspiration
- Integrity
- Intimacy
- Joy
- Justice
- Kindness
- Knowledge
- Leadership
- Learning
- Love
- Open-mindedness
- Peace
- Power
- Pride
- Reason
- Respect
- Risk
- Security
- Self-discipline
- Self-esteem
- Service
- Spirituality
- Strength
- Supportiveness
- Surrender
- Trust
- Truth
- Wisdom
This is not a comprehensive list of values – for a longer and pretty exhaustive list of values, go to http://www.stevepavlina.com/articles/list-of-values.htm
Step 2: Choose your top 3 values
1.___________________ 2. ___________________ 3. ___________________
Step 3: How do you express these values in your life?
For example, one of my top values is freedom. I am free to wear what I want, believe what I want, do what I want in my social life.
Step 4: How can you incorporate MORE of this value into your life?
For example, another of my top values is joy. I can make sure that every day, I do things that bring me joy – getting out in the sunshine, enjoying music, dancing etc.