Creating Your Core Values

A broad personal values definition is, “what one considers important or worth seeking.”

More specifically, your personal core values are the select values that you hold most dear in the world. Some examples of personal values include Wisdom, Family, Freedom, Adventure, and Authenticity. Below is a step by step to creating your values, use a journal to complete these tasks.

STEP 1:
Take some time to really consider what you value most, here are some examples to help you get started

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STEP 2:

From the list of your core values you’ve created, develop five essential intentions that you can apply to any situation you encounter in your daily life. You might use some of the values directly as they are or use your own wording.

For example, if “kindness” is one of your core values, then an essential intention could be phrased as “I intend to be kind in all my interactions” and if “inner authority“ is a core value for you, then you may articulate the essential intention is “I intend to value myself and remember that I always have choice.” Remember, intentions always relate to the present moment.

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2.___________________________________________________

3.___________________________________________________

4.___________________________________________________

5.___________________________________________________

STEP 3:

Understand Your Values; Above the line means when you rely on that value on in the world, that value has a positive impact on you and others.

Below-the-line means the way you stand in that value negatively impacts you or others.

Lastly, think of how you can improve the negative impacts to become more positive- above the line:

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Knowing how your top personal values show up in your life and in your relationships with others will give you clarity on why you live the way do and exactly how you hold your top values.

Knowing your core values gives you the foundation for living authentically and having a more purposeful, fulfilling life.

“When you become aware of how you hold your values, you can use them to build others up versus tearing them down.”