by Che Garman
Values are deeply held beliefs which we hold as desirable ideals. Our values are constantly changing and rearranging as we go through the different stages of our life. For this reason, it is important that we review them regularly to ensure that our current goals and purpose reflect the values that are most important to us at any given time.
Being clear on our core values ensures that we maintain a meaningful balance in all areas of our life. When there is imbalance between our goals and our values, lack of motivation may result. The only cure for this is to redefine the goal in terms of our values.
Our values also define that person we wish to become. If we do not understand and acknowledge our underlying values, the changes we attempt in life may lead to disappointment and confusion.
The following list of values will help you decide what is really important in your life. The list is a compilation of many lists found online and in books. However, this does not mean that it is complete. There may be values that you hold which have not been included. Use this list as a guideline, and determine which ten values are most important to you.
When reviewing the list of values you may find that there are some which you consider to be negative. Please accept that to someone else these values may be important. No two people will see life in exactly the same way. Please remember: Everyone has an inalienable right to their own values and beliefs.
After creating your list of ten most important values, try to put the list in order of importance. This list can be used to determine if your goals are in balance with your ideals.
Those values listed below in colour represent categories in our Affirmations Directory. Clicking on these words will take you to the appropriate affirmations page. For affirming values in more general terms, please see Values Affirmations.
Acceptance
Achievement (Success)
Adaptability (flexibility)
Advancement (promotion)
Adventure
Affection
Alone time
Authority
Awareness (Mindfulness)
Balance
Beauty
Calmness
Career
Challenge
Change
Cleanliness
Comfort
Communication
Community
Compassion
Competence
Competition
Confidence
Connection
Control
Cooperation
Courage
Creativity
Decisiveness
Duty
Ecological awareness
Effectiveness
Efficiency
Equality
Ethics
Excellence
Excitement
Fairness
Faith
Fame
Family
Financial security
Fitness
Freedom (affirmations coming soon)
Friendship
Fun
Gratitude
Happiness
Health
Helping others
Honesty
Honour
Humour
Image (affirmations coming soon)
Independence
Individuality
Influencing others
Inner peace (see Calmness)
Innovation
Integrity (affirmations coming soon)
Intimate relationship (Love relationships)
Involvement
Job security (Career)
Justice
Kindness (Compassion)
Knowledge
Leadership (affirmations coming soon)
Leisure time
Life partner (see Marriage)
Learning
Location
Love
Loyalty
Meaningful work (see Purpose)
Mental challenge
Mindfulness (see Awareness)
Modesty
Money
Nature
Open mindedness
Optimism
Order
Patience (affirmations coming soon)
Patriotism
Perfection
Physical activity
Physical challenge
Pleasure
Positive thinking
Power
Practicality
Privacy
Progress
Punctuality
Quality of work (see Work)
Quality relationships
Recognition
Reliability
Religion
Reputation
Resourcefulness
Respect for others
Responsibility (see Acceptance)
Romance
Safety
Security
Self-discipline
Self-esteem
Self-improvement
Self-sufficiency
Sensitivity
Service
Simplicity
Skill
Social responsibility
Solving problems (see Problems)
Sophistication
Space
Spirituality (affirmations coming soon)
Spontaneity
Stability
Status (prestige)
Strength
Tact
Teamwork (see Work)
Tenacity (see Determination)
Thrift
Time management
Tolerance
Tradition
Tranquillity (serenity)
Travel
Trust
Truth
Unity
Variety (diversity)
Vitality
Wealth
Wisdom
Working alone
