Quick Start to Finding Your Values
Beginning with the End in Mind
‘Begin with the end in mind’, advises Stephen Covey in his highly-praised book, the Seven Habits of Highly Effective People. Covey’s principle rests on the idea that all things are created twice: there’s a mental or first creation, and a physical or second creation. This means everything is first created in our heads.
To begin with the end in mind means starting with a clear understanding of your destination. Most of us are walking down the road of life, checking the road-signs as we go, and wondering where on earth we are. Some of us have detailed road maps, and are following the paths plotted by previous explorers. What Covey suggests is that we all need an understanding of our destination - in other words, a vision. Without a vision, we are just meandering along the road. We also need our own compass, or set of guiding principles, which will direct us in life. This compass needs to be fashioned by our own unique hands, and will help us on our own unique journey.
It is important to remind yourself that you are not your values. You are much more than your values. These values are not the result of a master plan for your life and intelligent choices you have made, rather they are mostly the priorities that have been conditioned or programmed into you.
With the understanding of what your vision for your life is, if you are going to redesign/ improve your life, what values would you choose to have to ensure you live the life you’ve always dreamed of?
That is, in order to be the best person you could possibly be, what would your values need to be?
Once you have settled on your five highest values you have to spend the rest of your time living up to them.
Imagine if you had a coach, could that make it easier to have clarity of your values? Could a professional assist keeping you on track living up to these values?
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