The goal of this exercise is to increase awareness of what really matters to you in the life domain that you believe needs the most attention right now. Here we focus on so-called “values”.
Values are the things we consider to be important in life. Values are our heart’s deepest desires for the way
we want to interact with the world, other people, and ourselves. They’re what we want to stand for in life,
how we want to behave and what sort of person we want to be. Examples of values are: creativity, honesty,
Look through the list below and choose your top five.
freedom, etc.
Values are the answer to the questions:
▪ What’s important to you in your life?
▪ What is your life’s purpose?
▪ What do you enjoy doing?
▪ When do you feel satisfied and fulfilled
Values list:
Acceptance | Achievement | Adventure |
Altruism | Arts | Awareness |
Beauty | Challenge | Change |
Community | Compassion | Choice |
Competence | Completion | Competition |
Connectedness | Collaboration | Cooperation |
Country | Creativity | Decisiveness |
Country | Creativity | |
Democracy | Decisiveness | Design |
Diversity | Environmental Awareness | Economic Security |
Education | Effectiveness | Efficiency |
Elegance | Entertainment | Enlightenment |
Equality | Ethics | Excitement |
Expertise | Fairness | Family Happiness |
Fast Pace | Freedom | Friendship |
Harmony | Honesty | Helping Others |
Improvement | Fun | Humor |
Influencing Others | Inner Harmony | Inspiration |
Knowledge | Leadership | Learning |
Loyalty | Magnificence | Making a Difference |
Meaningful Work | Integrity | Ministering |
Money | Morality | Mystery |
Nature | Openness | |
Order | Personal Development | Peace |
Personal Expression | Planning | Play |
Pleasure | Privacy | Power |
Purity | Quality | Radiance |
Recognition | Relationships | Religion |
Risk | Responsibility & Accountability | |
Safety & Security | Self-Respect | Sensibility |
Sensuality | Serenity | Service |
Sexuality | Sophistication | Spark |
Speculation | Spirituality | Stability |
Status | Success | Teaching |
Tenderness | Thrill | Unity |
Variety | Winning | Wisdom |
Make a list of your top five values, then reflect if you are living your life by these.
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