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Values
DEVELOPING A SHORT LIST
Create a list of your most important 25 values, without trying to order them at all. Do this by circling 25 of the values below that most call to you, or write in other values not on the list. Don’t spend lots of time trying to work out what each word means; just go with your first feeling if this describes you or not.
| Abundance Acceptance of diversity Activism Advancement Adventure Aesthetics Ambition Animal rights Art Attention to detail Authenticity Balance Beauty Being kind to neighbours Calmness Challenge Challenging myself Change and variety Charity Clarity Classical thinking Collaboration Colour Community Compassion Competence Competition Courage Creativity Cultural diversity Curiosity Decisiveness Democracy Emotional availability Empathy Equality for all people Excitement Experimentation Expertise Fashion Fairness and social justice Family Feminism Financial Security Flexibility Forgiveness Frankness Freedom of choice Friendship Fun Trust Generosity Global awareness Global Peace Growth |
Happiness Harmony Having a say and a voice Having dreams Health Helping others Help society Honesty Honour Humour Imagination Independence Influence People Inner harmony Innovation Inspiring others Integrity Intellectual status Intelligence Kindness Knowing your values Knowledge Laughter Leadership Learning Leisure Literature Living your dreams Love for myself Love for others Making a difference Making decisions Massive wealth Moral fulfilment Music Natural living Nature Open communication Opening myself to love Optimism Organisation Passion Patriotism Persistence Personal expression Personal growth Perspective Physical challenge Play Pleasure Positive attitude Positiveness Power and authority Precision Professionalism Protecting the environment |
Quality of Life Quiet times Recognition Relationship with spouse Reliability Respect Results Risk taking Security Self-control Self-respect Sensuality Spiritual enlightenment Spirituality Spontaneity Stability Standing up for yourself Style Support Supportive friendship Taking care of myself Taking responsibility Taking risks The big picture Thinking time Tidiness Time freedom Tolerance Tranquillity Trust Trustworthiness Understanding Wonder and awe Worker’s rights |
CLARIFYING YOUR 6 KEY VALUES
Uncover your key values by reducing the list of 25 to 6. Follow these steps:
i. Go through the list and group any similar values together
ii. Take out any values that are not really significant for you
iii. Decide by process of elimination which values are your 6 key ones.
My top 6 values are:
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Now you have your key values, consider where and if you express these values in the different areas of your life. For example:
Work
Home and personal environment:
Intimate Relationship
Family
Friends / social life
Where and how would you like to express these values more?