Do you know your true core values? To really know your life purpose, you must be clear on your values and know them in order of priority.

 

According to the dictionary, “value” is the regard that something is held to deserve; the importance, worth, or usefulness of something, as well as a person’s principles or standards of behavior; one’s judgment of what is important in life.

Our values determine what our priorities are and how we spend our time, so knowing your personal values will help you gain massive clarity, direction, and focus in all areas of your life.

Open your arms to change, but don’t let go of your values. ~ Dalai Lama

We must identify our personal value so we can understand whether the choices we are making are consistent with those values. Living a life that is inconsistent with your personal values will cause you to have a low sense of self-worth and self-esteem, and will greatly decrease your level of energy, balance, and happiness.

I was once very attracted to a man who said all the right things to me, which really boosted my deflated ego. Being in a relationship with him was so difficult, and I was so miserable! We couldn’t seem to ever agree and we would constantly hurt each other with our choices. I eventually realized that his values were completely different and incompatible with mine, so it was a relief to break up so I could freely follow my own values.

Because our values serve as a roadmap, the compass, the navigational system that guide our choices, and our choices guide our destiny, knowing our values and making them a priority, will help us choose in favor of our purpose.

Understanding your true core values is essential to live a meaningful, intentional, and purposeful life. Let’s elicit some of those values:

• Think of 3 people you admire and respect. What are 3 attributes they possess? Why do you admire these traits?
• If you were in a deserted island, what 3 objects would you bring with you and why?
• If you could give the people in the world 5 things, what would they be and why?
• What are 3 issues that make you angry, frustrated, and depressed? Why do these matters affect you in this way?
• Think of a special moment in your life. What about that moment was most meaningful and important to you?

I know you may be thinking it will take too much time to answer these questions, however, as you take time to get clear, and start living with integrity to your values, you will be able to manage your time in an effective, productive, and fulfilling way! It’s worth it.

Here’s a list of values that you can go through to start thinking which really resonate with you and even wondering which are more of a priority. Feel free to add some that may not be on the list!

List of Personal Values

Abundance Acceptance Accessibility Accomplishment Accountability Accuracy Achievement Acknowledgement Activeness Adaptability Adoration Advancement Adventure Affection Affluence Aggressiveness Agility Alertness Altruism Amazement Ambition Amusement Anticipation Appreciation Approachability Approval Art Articulacy Artistry Assertiveness Assurance Attentiveness Attractiveness Audacity Availability Awareness Awe Balance Beauty Being the best Belonging Benevolence Bliss Boldness Bravery Brilliance Calmness  Camaraderie Candor Capability Care Carefulness Celebrity Certainty Challenge Change Charity  Charm  Chastity Cheerfulness  Clarity Cleanliness Clear-mindedness  Cleverness Closeness  Comfort  Commitment  Community  Compassion Competence  Competition  Completion Composure  Concentration Confidence  Conformity Congruency  Connection  Consciousness Conservation Consistency Contentment Continuity Contribution Control  Conviction Coolness  Cooperation  Cordiality Correctness Courage Courtesy Craftiness Creativity Credibility  Cunning Curiosity Daring Decisiveness Decorum Deference Delight Dependability Depth Desire  Determination Devotion Devoutness Dexterity Dignity Diligence  Direction Directness Discipline Discovery Discretion Diversity Dominance Dreaming Drive Duty Dynamism Eagerness Ease Economy Ecstasy Education Effectiveness Efficiency Elation Elegance Empathy Encouragement Endurance Energy Enjoyment Entertainment Enthusiasm Environmentalism Ethics Euphoria Excellence Excitement Exhilaration Expectancy Expediency Experience  Expertise Exploration  Expressiveness Extravagance Extroversion  Exuberance Fairness  Faith  Fame  Family Fascination Fashion  Fearlessness Ferocity  Fidelity Fierceness  Financial Independence Firmness Fitness  Flexibility  Flow  Fluency  Focus  Fortitude  Frankness  Freedom  Friendliness  Friendship Frugality  Fun Generosity Gentility Giving Grace Gratitude Gregariousness Growth Guidance Happiness Harmony Health Heart Helpfulness Heroism Holiness  Honesty Honor Hopefulness Hospitality Humility Humor Hygiene Imagination Impact Impartiality Independence Individuality Influence Ingenuity Inquisitiveness Insightfulness Inspiration Integrity Intellect Intelligence Intensity Intimacy Intrepidness Introspection  Introversion Intuitiveness Inventiveness Advancement Investing Involvement  Joy Judiciousness Justice Keenness Kindness Knowledge Leadership Learning  Liberty Lightness Liveliness  Logic  Longevity  Love  Loyalty  Majesty  Making a difference Marriage  Mastery  Maturity  Meaning  Meekness  Mellowness Meticulousness  Mindfulness  Modesty  Motivation  Mysteriousness  Nature  Neatness  Nerve  Non-conformity  Obedience Open-mindedness  Openness  Optimism  Order  Organization  Originality  Outdoors Outlandishness  Outrageousness  Partnership  Patience  Passion  Peace Perceptiveness  Perception  Perkiness Perseverance  Persistence Persuasiveness  Philanthropy Piety Playfulness Pleasantness  Pleasure  Poise  Polish  Popularity  Potency  Power  Practicality Pragmatism  Precision Preparedness  Presence  Pride Privacy  Proactivity Professionalism  Prosperity Prudence  Punctuality  Purity Rationality Realism  Reason Reasonableness  Recognition Recreation  Refinement Reflection  Relaxation Reliability  Relief Religiousness Reputation  Resilience Resolution  Resolve Resourcefulness  Respect Responsibility  Rest Restraint Reverence  Rigor  Sacredness Sacrifice  Sagacity Saintliness Satisfaction  Science  Security Self-control  Selflessness  Self-reliance  Self-respect  Sensitivity  Sensuality  Serenity  Service  Sexiness  Sexuality  Sharing Shrewdness Significance Silence  Silliness Simplicity  Sincerity  Skillfulness Solidarity Solitude Sophistication Soundness Speed Spirit Spirituality Spontaneity Spunk  Stability  Status Stealth Stillness Strength Structure  Success Supremacy  Surprise Sympathy  Synergy Teaching Teamwork  Temperance Thankfulness Thoroughness Thoughtfulness Thrift Tidiness Timeliness Traditionalism Tranquility Transcendence Trust  Trustworthiness  Truth  Understanding  Uniqueness  Unity Usefulness  Utility  Valor  Variety  Vigor  Virtue  Vision  Vitality  Vivacity  Volunteering Warmheartedness  Warmth Watchfulness Wealth  Willfulness  Winning  Wisdom  Wittiness  Wonder  Worthiness Youthfulness  Zeal