Values

Values stem from our beliefs and are the guiding principles we deem important in our lives.

Have you ever consciously created a priority list of values?  You may be surprised, and that list may reveal why you are finding it difficult to reach your goals (aka why you are stuck), if your values and beliefs don’t align with what you are trying to achieve, the values and beliefs will win.

Beliefs and values jointly, guide us and govern our actions, how we communicate with others and interact with others, our attitudes and opinions, how we respond emotionally.  How we show up and how we are in our world.

Values can be sorted into categories or areas of your life and they may differ from category to category:

Personal – those you take for yourself such as honesty, responsibility, loyalty

Career

Personal Growth

Spirituality

Within each category there maybe be an extensive list of values, it is best to work with your top five or six, examples are:

Connection

Consistency

Contribution

Creativity

Credibility

Curiosity

Daring

Decisiveness

Dedication

Responsibility

Responsiveness

Self-Control

Selflessness

Simplicity

Stability

Success

Support

Teamwork

Thankfulness

Thoughtfulness

Traditionalism

Trustworthiness

Understanding

Uniqueness

Usefulness

Versatility

Vision

Warmth

Wealth

Well-Being

Wisdom

Zeal

How well do you know yourself?  Select your top five or six values for each category of your life.  How in sync is your life with your values?  Are your values supporting your best life?