Personal Values Worksheet
“Seek fulfillment more than happiness. Happiness fades quickly, but fulfillment
lasts.”
-Positively Dave
You can achieve all of your goals and still not feel fulfilled. Conversely, you can fail to achieve any of your
goals and still feel fulfilled in life. Fulfillment and reaching goals are not the same thing.
Fulfillment is only felt when one has acted in accordance with their highest personal values.
Understanding your personal core values is critical to feeling greater levels of fulfillment in life.
Establishing your most important values will offer you a decision-making model that, when used, is
guaranteed to result greater fulfillment in your life. This activity will help you establish your most
important personal values.
What is most important is that you finish the activity. You will be tempted to over analyze and overthink.
Do not get stuck here. Push yourself and proceed until finished no matter how difficult it gets. This is the
entire point of the activity. It mimics life. Life decisions are tough, sometimes impossibly difficult. This
activity will provide you with an understanding of what values you can choose in those moments so that
you live a life of greater fulfillment.
This activity should be completed in 15 minutes or less.
Part 1 (5 minutes) – Set a timer for 5 minutes and respond to the following questions the best you can.
The timer is important because it helps you not overthink. Just respond. Whatever comes out, comes
out.
• What is most important that you feel or experience in life?
• What emotions do you want people to have when they engage with you?
• Imagine people could leave a review about you online, what would people say about you?
• What are the times in life where time flies by?
• What won’t you stand for in life? What won’t you ever do again?
• What is something that probably will not get done in this world unless you step up and do it?
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Part 2 (10 minutes)
Step 1 – Grab a highlighter and read the entire list of values below. Highlight each and every value that
resonates with you as important. It’s ok to feel drawn to a lot here. That’s the point. I find that most
people highlight 60-70% of the values listed. Highlight any and all values that feel like they are important
in life to you. Feel free to add any values you wish.
Step 2 –If at the end of your life you would only be known for exemplifying 10 values, which values
would you choose to be known for? Review all the values you’ve highlighted and now select Your Top 10
Personal Values.
Step 3 – Life isn’t always easy. At some point, making tough decisions can only honor one value or
another, but not both. That’s real life. To simulate this, take your Top 10 values and reduce them to 5.
Now rank your top 5 values in order of importance to you.
Acceptance Elevation Joy
Accountability Empathy Kindness
Accuracy Empowerment Leadership
Adventure Enthusiasm Learning
Affable Environmentally-friendly Longevity
Authenticity Equality Love
Authority Excellence Loyalty
Balance Excitement Luxury
Belonging Expansion Magnetism
Challenging Expression Methodical
Change Fairness Mental Health
Choice Faith Mindful
Collaboration Family Motivated
Comfort Fearlessness Movement
Commitment Flexibility Nostalgia
Communication Fluidity Novelty
Community Focus Obsession
Compassion Freedom Open-mindedness
Concern for Others Friendliness Optimism
Connectedness Friendship Organization
Consistency Frugality Passion
Contentment Fun Peace
Control Giving Perseverance
Convenience Growth Philanthropy
Courage Health Pleasure
Creativity Helping Others Positivity
Decisiveness Honesty Promise to Customers
Dependability Honor Pragmatism
Desirability Humility Protection
Determination Humor Quality
Discovery Impact Quickness
Diversity Independence Recognition
Dominance Innovation Recovery
Durability Inspiring Reliability
Education Integrity Respect
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Responsibility
Rigor
Royalty
Safety
Sexual Expression
Sharing
Simplicity
Social Responsibility
Strength
Success
Sustainable
Teamwork
Thoughtfulness
Transparency
Trust
Unique
Unity
Uplifting
Warmth
Winning
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