You need to spend time reviewing your values. Sometimes values can be inherited from family members, or picked up from environments. Values can come so naturally to you that you don't take the time to stop and think about them. Here is a list of values that everyone should go through and consider. The following lists are not comprehensive lists. They are to be used as guides to get you thinking.
Why Values Matter?
By definition a value is a person's principles or standards of behavior; one's judgment of what is important in life. You must know your values because they dictate the way you plan to live your life.
If you will fall for or live by any values it means that you have no standards set for how you plan to conduct yourself. Overtime, it's also easy to drift away from values that you have deemed as being really important.
List of Values - Health
- Safety
- Respect for Mental Health
- Being Challenged
- Eat Healthy 90% of the Time
- Sleep is Essential
- Workout Regularly
- Stretch Muscles Daily
- Health Body = Healthy Mind
- Workouts Increase Energy
List of Values - Spiritual
- One God
- Religious Beliefs
- Focus on Spiritual Health
- Loving and Helping Others
- Prayer Life
- Spiritual Growth
- Reading
- Meditation
- Connection with others with similar beliefs
- Missions work
- Eat Meat or Avoid Meat
List of Values - Family + Core
- Ownership
- Responsibility
- Authenticity
- Connection
- Focus
- Love Others
- Quality Time
- Listen
- Be Kind
- Always Take Care of Family
- Generational Wealth
List of Values - Financial
- Save
- YOLO
- Build Generational Wealth
- Give 10% Away
- Invest 10% or More
- Make Low Risk Investments
- Build Saving Accounts for Specific Reasons
- Increase Earning Potential Through Education
- Live Below Your Means
- Kill All Debt
- Leverage Debt
- Separate Work and Money
Conclusion
You need to know what your core values are for these different areas. If you don't you can end up with a focus in a specific area and end up forgetting about others. You see this happen a lot with money and family values. People will have strong values in one of these areas and forget about the others.