OVERDUE - Resilience Project
IN PROGESS - Great Discovery
How would you define your
values?
Before you answer this
question, you need to know what, in general, values are.
Your values are the things
that you believe are important in the way you live.
They (should) determine
your priorities, and, deep down, they're probably the measures you use to tell
if your life is turning out the way you want it to.
When the things that you do
and the way you behave match your values, life is usually good – you're
satisfied and content. But when these don't align with your personal values,
that's when things feel... wrong. This can be a real source of unhappiness.
This is why making a
conscious effort to identify your values is so important.
How Values Help You
Values exist, whether you
recognize them or not. Life can be much easier when you acknowledge your values
– and when you make plans and decisions that honor them.
If you value family, for example, but
you start fighting with your parents all the time will you feel internal stress and
conflict? Yes. Your values are being ignored.
In these types of
situations, understanding your values can really help. When you know your own
values, you can use them to make decisions about how to live your life, and you
can answer questions like these:
·
Who should I spend time with?
· How should I behave?
·
What should I
do after I leave high school?
·
What job(s)
should I pursue?
·
Should I
follow tradition, or travel down a new path?
So, take the
time to understand the real priorities in your life, and you'll be able to
determine the best direction for you and your life goals!
Tip: Values
are usually fairly stable, yet they don't have strict limits or boundaries.
Also, as you move through life, your values may change.
As your
definition of success changes, so do your personal values. This is why
keeping in touch with your values is a lifelong exercise. You should
continuously revisit this, especially if you start to feel unbalanced... and
you can't quite figure out why.
Defining Your Values
When you define your
personal values, you discover what's truly important to you.
A good way of
starting to do this is to look back on your life – to identify when you felt
really good, and really confident that you were making good choices.
From: https://www.mindtools.com/pages/article/newTED_85.htm
Time for the Values Assignment - are you like an iceburg?
