Your core values influence how you show up: at work, in your relationships, and for yourself. This simple exercise can help you uncover your values, so you can start aligning your goals and living a value centered life.
"Living a value-centered life brings clarity, purpose, and authenticity to every decision, fostering genuine fulfillment and lasting success." - Stephen Covey
1. Select Your Values
Review the list of core values. Feel free to add any that are not on the list. Consider the people you most admire, what values are personified with them? Think about the best and most difficult situations in your life. Do any values stand out? Mark all values that resonate with you
Achievement
Ambition
Caring
Charity
Collaboration
Creativity
Curiosity
Dependability
Empathy
Encouragement
Enthusiasm
Ethics
Excellence
Fairness
Family
Friendships
Flexibility
Freedom
Fun
Generosity
Growth
Happiness
Health
Honesty
Humor
Individuality
Innovation
Intelligence
Intuition
Joy
Kindness
Knowledge
Leadership
Learning
Love
Loyalty
Making a difference
Motivation
Optimism
Open-mindedness
Passion
Perfection
Performance
Personal development
Popularity
Power
Professionalism
Punctuality
Quality
Recognition
Relationships
Reliability
Resilience
Risk-taking
Safety
Security
Self-control
Service
Spirituality
Stability
Success
Thankfulness
Traditionalism
Understanding
Wealth
Well-being
Wisdom
2. Group Your Values
Review the values you marked and group them into categories. Identify a central theme and name the category. Group them in away that makes sense to you. See the example below.
Abundance
Acceptance
Appreciation
Cheerful
Learning
Knowledge
Quality
Perfection
Passion
Spirituality
Friendships
Loyalty
Popularity
Open-mindedness
Generosity
Kindness
Reliability
Wisdom
Thankfulness
Joy
Caring
Charity
Family
Success
3. Select Your Top Core Values
Select the top three core values that resonate most with you. See Example below.