To work out what you want and need in life you must first identify your values. Values are powerful motivators. We all live by more sort of values eg: security, challenge, honesty, integrity, respect, freedom. Our values represent how we have to learn to think things ought to be and people be brave and should behave.
Values are important to identify in any self development work because in order to achieve success and satisfaction our values must fit the direction of our lives and congruently in our behavoir.
Knowing your values= freedom because when you can stop wasting time on things that don’t mean much to you, you can spend time on things you really care about.
Please follow the instructions of the values checklist and complete the worksheet to identify your core values.
Activity: Values Checklist
In the table bellow is a list of values using the table answer the questions, you can add values I’ve not included in the far left column.
STEP 1. What do I value most? Tick the five things you value most of all. These are a guide of how you live your life, you can also add to the list if there is something not covered here.
STEP 2. Now that you have five values try to narrow it down to three. Go back through the list and see which ones you can eliminate and which ones are really important to you. Write your values here.
STEP 3. Next we would like you to narrow your list down to one, pick the value that is absolutely important to you, that is more meaningful than the others.
Achievement | Friendship | Physical Challenge |
Advancement | Growth | Pleasure |
Adventure | Having a family | Power and authority |
Affection | Helping others | Privacy |
Arts | Helping society | Public Service |
Challenge | Honesty | Purity |
Change and variety | Independence | Quality |
Close relationships | Influencing others | Recognition |
Community | Inner Harmony | Religion |
Competence | Integrity | Reputation |
Competition | Intellectual status | Responsibility |
Cooperation | Involvement | Security |
Country | Job tranquillity | Self Respect |
Creativity | Knowledge | Serenity |
Decisiveness | Leadership | Sophistication |
Democracy | Loyalty | Stability |
Ecology | Market Position | Status |
Effectiveness | Meaning | Supervising others |
Efficiency | Merit | Time freedom |
Ethical Practice | Nature | Truth |
Excellence | Being around open people | Wealth |
Excitement | Order and tranquillity | Wisdom |
Fame | Personal development | Work under pressure |
Fast Living | Freedom | Work with others |
Financial Gain | Accountability | Work alone |
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