What do you value?
The key to you
Defining your values is the next step to unlocking your success. Values are those things that really matter to you – the ideas and beliefs you deem to be the most important in your life.
A range of factors, including your background, upbringing, life philosophy, and events that you’ve experienced will shape the values you hold.
Values have a major influence on your behaviour and serve as broad guidelines to make authentic choices that leave you feeling more content, happy, and satisfied throughout your life.
When your actions are not in alignment with your values, you find yourself without a sense of achievement or feeling out of control.
Make a deliberate and conscious effort to identify and live according to your values.
D E F I N I N G Y O U R V A L U E S:
1 | SELECT
Identify your top ten values. Go with your gut instinct!
2 | PRIORITISE
Prioritise each value from one to ten. Focus on your top five and briefly define what each one means to you.
3 | CONTEMPLATE
Read each value to yourself, letting the meaning of each word sink in.
4| DEFINE
Select your top three values and write them down. Commit them to memory, as they will now act as your decision-making blueprint. You also need to define the single value that is most important to you.
5 | COMMIT
Work out what you need to add or remove from your life and what you need to change to reflect these values.
Common Personal Values:
- FAMILY HAPPINESS
Quality time, bonding. - COMPETITIVENESS
Taking risks, winning. - FRIENDSHIP
Close relationships with others. - AFFECTION
Love, caring. - COOPERATION
Working well with others, teamwork - ADVENTURE
New challenges - ACHIEVEMENT
A sense of accomplishment. - WEALTH
Making money - ENERGY
Vitality - FREEDOM
Independence, autonomy. - SELF-RESPECT
Sense of personal identity, pride. - RECOGNITION
Acknowledgement, status. - ADVANCEMENT
Promotion - HEALTH
Mental, physical. - RESPONSIBILITY
Being accountable for results. - INVOLVEMENT
Belonging, being involved with others. - ECONOMIC SECURITY
Strong and consistent income streams. - PLEASURE
Fun, laughter, a leisurely lifestyle. - POWER
Control, authority, or influence over others. - GENEROSITY
Helping others, improving society. - WISDOM
Discovering and understanding knowledge - LOYALTY
Devotion, trustworthiness - CULTURE
Traditions, customs, beliefs. - ORDER
Stability, conformity. - CREATIVITY
Being imaginative, innovative. - INTEGRITY
Honesty, sincerity, standing up for oneself. - PERSONAL DEVELOPMENT
Use of personal potential.