VALUES CLARIFICATION

VALUES are the essence of who you are and how you run your life.  They are the blue print for how you “show up” as you go through your days, and often they define your deepest self.  It’s easy to confuse them with STANDARDS, which are the actions used to express your values, or with NEEDS, which are things you have to have (food, water, clothing, shelter, and safety) in order to physically survive, or think you have to have to make you feel better about yourself.

Read through the list of values below (if one of your values isn’t on the list, add it at the end), and put a check next to all that are important to you.  Then read through the IMPORTANT list and narrow them down to the 10 most important.  Then narrow that list down to the 5 values that you feel you consistently run your life by.

It’s interesting to note that when your values and behavior don’t go together you may find yourself struggling.

Name: ____________________            Date: __________

What are your most important values?

Do you live them every day?  How do you demonstrate this?

Where is there conflict between your values and your behavior?

If so, how can you change this so your values and behavior are congruent?