Values are you heart’s deepest desires for how you want to behave as a human being.
They aren’t about what you want to get or have or achieve or complete, They’re about
how you ideally want to behave, now and in the future, about how you want to treat
anyone or anything you interact with, including yourself.
Below are some common values. Note that there no right or wrong values.
Please read through the list below and write a letter next to each value : V= very
important, Q = very Important and N= not so important.
• Acceptance and self – acceptance: to be accepting of myself, others, life etc.
• Mindfulness: to be conscious or, open to, and curios about my here-and -now
experience.
• Order: to be orderly and organized
• Persistence and commitment: to continue resolutely, despite problems or
diJiculty.
• Respect and self -respect : to treat myself and others with care, consideration
and positive regard.
• Safety and protection: to secure, protect, or ensure my own safety or that of
others.
• Adventure : to be adventurous, to actively seek, create, or explore novel or
stimulating experiences.
• Cooperation : to be cooperative and collaborative with others.
• Courage : to be courageous or brave, to persist in the face of fear, threat or
diJiculty.
• Curiosity : to be curious, open minded and interested, to explore and discover
• Encouragement : to encourage and reward behavior that I value in myself or
others.
• Assertiveness: to respectfully stand up for rights and request what I want
• Authenticity : to be authentic, genuine, and real, to be true to myself.
• Caring and self- care : to be caring toward myself, others, environment etc.
• Compassion : to act with kindness toward myself and others in pain.
• Connection : to engage fully in whatever I’m doing and be fully present with
others.
• Contribution and generosity : to contribute, help, assist, give, share or make a
positive diJerence.
• Excitement : to seek, create and engage in activities that are exciting and
stimulating.
• Fairness and justice : to be fair and just to myself and others.
• Fitness : to maintain or improve my fitness, to look after my physical and mental
health.
• Flexibility : to adjust and adapt readily to changing circumsatnces.
• Freedom and independence : to choose how I live and behave and help others to
likewise.
• Friendliness : to be friendly, companionable, or agreeable toward others.
• Forgiveness: to be forgiving toward myself or others.
• Fun and humor: to be fun loving, to seek, create and engage in fun filled
activities.
• Gratitude: to be grateful and appreciative of myself, others and life.
• Honesty: to be honest, truthful and sincere with myself and others.
• Kindness: to be kind, considerate, nurturing, or caring toward myself or others.
• Love: to act lovingly or aJectionately toward myself or others.
• Sensuality and pleasure: to cerate, explore and enjoy pleasurable and sensual
experiences.
• Sexuality : to explore or express my sexuality
• Skillfulness : to continually practice and improve my skills and apply myself fully.
• Supportiveness: to be supportive, helpful, encouraging and available to myself or
others.
• Trust: to be trustworthy, to be loyal, faithful, sincere and reliable.
• Others: