There are many lists of values available on the Internet. Here’s one I published in the book Relax Focus Succeed® in 2007.
What’s that you say? Who cares?
At the very root of working on your own happiness, you need to figure out what you believe in, what you stand for. It might sound grant, but you need to figure out your purpose in life!
That work start with trying to figure out what’s important to you. From this long list of values, pick about ten that you consider the most important in your life. Write them down and set them aside.
After you’ve had some time to let this sink in, narrow down the list to only 3-5 values. Go over them again and again. You should be completely comfortable with this short list: These values are more important to you than any others.
Only when you’re done with this exercise can you move on to the next step: translating these values into the daily actions in your life. That’s discussed here.
Now here’s that list of values:
| Abundance Acceptance Accomplishment Accountability Accuracy Achievement Activeness Adaptability Advancement Adventure Affection Affluence Aggressiveness Agility Alertness Altruism Ambition Amusement Approachability Assertiveness Attentiveness Attractiveness Audacity Authority Awareness Balance Beauty Belonging Benevolence Bliss Boldness Bravery Brilliance Calmness Camaraderie Candor Capability Carefulness Certainty Challenging Change Charity Charm Chastity Cheerfulness Clarity Cleanliness Clear-mindedness Cleverness Closeness Collaboration Comfort Commitment Communication Community Compassion Competence Competition Composure Confidence Conformity Consistency Contentment Continuity Control Cooperation Coordination Courage Courtesy Craftiness Creativity Credibility Cunning Curiosity Decisiveness Decorum Democracy Dependability Determination Devotion Devoutness Difference Dignity Diligence Directness Discipline Discretion Dominance Dreaming Drive Duty Dynamic Eagerness Education Effectiveness Efficiency Elegance Empathy Encouragement Endurance Energetic Enjoyment Entertainment Enthusiasm Equality Excellence Excitement | Exhilaration Expediency Expertise Exploration Extravagance Extroversion Exuberance Fairness Faith Fame Family Fearlessness Ferocity Fidelity Fierceness Fitness Flexibility Focus Fortitude Frankness Freedom Friendliness Frugality Fun Gallantry Generosity Gentility Giving Goodness Gratitude Gregariousness Growth Happiness Harmony Health Helpfulness Heroism Holiness Honesty Honor Hopefulness Hospitality Humility Humor Imagination Impact Impartiality Improvement Independence Industry Influence Ingenuity Innovation Inquisitiveness Insightfulness Inspiration Integrity Intellectual Intelligence Intensity Intimacy Introversion Intuitiveness Inventiveness Judiciousness Justice Kindness Knowledge Leadership Learning Liberty Liveliness Logic Longevity Love Loyalty Maturity Mellowness Merit Meticulousness Mindfulness Modesty Money Mysteriousness Non-violence Obedience Open-mindedness Openness Optimism Order Organization Originality Outlandishness Outrageousness Passion Peace Perceptiveness Perfection Perkiness Perseverance Persistence Persuasiveness Philanthropy Piety Playfulness Pleasantness Pleasure | Poise Polish Popularity Power Practicality Pragmatism Precision Preparedness Privacy Professionalism Progress Prosperity Prudence Punctuality Purity Quality Realism Reason Reasonableness Recognition Refinement Reflection Regularity Relaxation Reliability Religion Reputation Resilience Resourcefulness Respect Responsibility Responsiveness Rest Restraint Results-oriented Reverence Risk Romance Sacrifice Safety Saintliness Satisfaction Security Self-control Self-reliance Self-respect Selflessness Sensitivity Sensuality Serenity Service Sexuality Shrewdness Silence Simplicity Sincerity Skillfulness Solitude Sophistication Speed Spirituality Spontaneity Spunk Stability Standardization Stillness Strength Success Support Supremacy Surprise Sympathy Teamwork Temperance Thankfulness Thoroughness Thoughtfulness Thrift Thrilling Tidiness Time Timeliness Tolerance Tradition Tranquility Trust Trustworthiness Truth Understanding Unflappability Utility Valor Variety Victory Vigor Virtue Vision Vitality Warmth Watchfulness Wealth Winning Wisdom Wittiness Wonder Work Youthfulness |
