What Are Personal Values?
Personal values are principles, priorities, or qualities that a person considers important in how they live, work, relate to others, and make decisions.
Examples of personal values
Freedom, stability, learning, fairness, creativity, family, excellence, service, independence, security, achievement, honesty, community, responsibility, or growth.
Values vs goals
Value: learning. Goal: complete a professional course this year. The goal may change while the underlying value remains important.
Values become useful through behavior
Instead of simply saying "I value freedom," ask: "What kinds of choices, environments, responsibilities, or working arrangements allow me to experience freedom responsibly?" That turns an abstract word into something that can inform decisions.
Your values can tell you what matters. Your gifts and skills can help reveal how you may express it.
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