IDENTIFY YOUR VALUES: AN EXERCISE
1: Begin by circling any of the values below that are truly important to you, personally and professionally. Feel free to add other values not on the list. Some values may seem similar – choose the word that most resonates for you.
Abundance Achievement Adventure Alignment Allowing miracles Amazement Ambition Authenticity Awe Balance Beauty Being a messenger Being a pioneer Being a taste maker Being a thought leader Being a trend setter Being at ease with uncertainty Being celebrated Being connected to Source Being guided Being heard Being heart-led Being of service Being present Being radical Being richly rewarded Being visible as one’s true self Bliss Celebration Challenging myself Challenging the status quo Change Changing the world Clarity Collaboration Commitment Connecting with others Connection Contemplation Contentment Courage Craftsmanship Creating freedom Creating luck Creating opportunities Creating Wealth Creative Creativity Dancing with uncertainty Daring Desire Determination Diversity Ease Effortlessness Enabling others to be heard/seen Enough Enthusiasm Entrepreneurism Environment Equality Evolution Excitement Exploration Fairness Faith Fame Family Fearlessness Feeling valued Financial Freedom Financial Stability Freedom Fun Generosity Gift giving Going first Grace Growth Happiness Harmony Having enough time Having it all Healing the world Honesty Humour Imagination Innovation Inspiration Intuition Joy Justice Kindness Laughter Leading the way Learning through doing Leaving a legacy Lifelong learning Lightness Living in the moment Living life to the full Living my dreams Living my legacy Living my/on purpose Living without compromise Love Loyalty Making a difference Making a stand Making dreams come true Making Soul Money Mediating Meditating Open communication Optimism Passion Peace Power Questioning Rebellion Recognition Respect Responsibility Results Revolution Risk taking Satisfaction Self-awareness Sharing Soulfulness Spirituality Spontaneity Status Storytelling Strength Surprises Tenacity Thriving Trailblazing Transformation Trust Truth Variety Vision Visibility Vulnerability Winning Wisdom Wonder World View
2: Reduce the number of circled words from Step 1 to 20 individual values:
* Combine any that are similar
* Ask yourself which hold the highest priority for you?
Now list them.
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3: Identify your top 5 values:
* Ask yourself “which of these has to be present for me to feel happy/fulfilled/satisfied?”
* Ask yourself “would I be happy/fulfilled/satisfied if this value were not present?”
If you have any values that are essentially a synonym for each other choose the one you prefer and eliminate the other. Eg Change and Transformation. Which do prefer?
Can you eliminate any values because they are essentially a subset of another of your values (this is subjective of course and entirely according to your own definitions and feelings). E.g. Laughter and Joy. You might decide that you can eliminate laughter because Joy is a higher level version of it. Or you might eliminate joy because if you are laughing, you are by necessity joyful.
Now prioritise these 5 in order of most important to least important.
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