Personal Core Values
Create your own List of Core Values

Our personal core values make us who we are and will dictate how we will react to life in general. It is an important part of any personal growth plan and a key factor in shaping your attitude. It should be part of our life lessons we need to look at from time to time.

What are values:

Why should you take the time to make a list of your own personal core values? Why is it important?

The answer to that is very simple but also very complicated. Your personal core values are like having your own personal code. This code is unique to only you and will map out how you live, how you act, what you say and what you think. Simply put: it is soul-stuff.

It will dicatate whether you live in the dark or in the light or somewhere in between.

Example: You are seeing someone very special and would like to take things to the next level but your partner is not ready.

Do you?

• Become impatient and lose your temper? = Immature
• Give her an ultimatum? = Bully 
• Immediately suspect she is "getting it" somewhere else? = Jealous, insecure 
• Cry and say that she doesn't love you enough? = Manipulator, immature 
• Back away and then work really hard to soften her up? = Manipulator
• Walk away? = Self centered and lazy
• Respect her decision and focus on another aspect of the relationship instead? = Respectful
• Talk about it and be really understanding? = Insightful

Can you see how a simple decision like that touches on so many levels of who you are?

Every little thing you do throughout your day is dictated by your personal core values.  It is therefore very important to figure out your set of values and then to stick to it.  How you do and think about things will become so much easier.  The people around you will be able to trust in you and will also stand with you when it is necessary.

You won't have to hum and ha, feel unsure or question yourself when you have to take a dicision.  Your personal list of core values will tell you what is right for you at that moment and it will be easy.  You path will be clear and you conscience will be clean.

People who understand the true meaning of success have analyzed their personal core values. They are living their lives in line with their personal values and beliefs.

How to compile your own set of Personal Core Values

There are dozens of values to choose from in the list below. To make it easier for yourself place a number value beside each one on a scale of zero to ten.

Zero means it is not even on your radar, ten means you hold it in very high regard.

Eliminate anything with a value below a 3. Then repeat that and get rid of values that scored between 3 and 6.

Whatever is left would constitute your own list of personal core values.

You do have other values that hold some importance to you, but following this exercise as prescribed allows you to focus on the most important values.

It should also help you to think of things you may not have thought of on our own.

Once you have your personal core value list, look it over and see if it makes sense.  See if it is "you".

The best way to do this exercise is to not overthink and to do it somewhat quickly.  Go with your gut-feelings.  Be as honest as possible.  Don't focus on who you would like to be but focus rather on who you are right now at this moment in time.

And feel free to add your own values if they are not on this list.

Personal Core Values List

Here is an list of core values to go over.

A-E,   F-O,   P-Z

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Abundance	Acceptance	Accessibility
Accomplishment	Accuracy	Achievement
Acknowledgment	Activeness	Adaptability
Adoration	Adroitness	Adventure
Affection	Affluence	Aggressiveness
Agility	Alertness	Altruism
Ambition	Amusement	Anticipation
Appreciation	Approachability	Articulateness
Assertiveness	Assurance	Attentiveness
Attractiveness	Audacity	Availability
Awareness	Awe	Balance
Beauty	Being the best	Belonging
Benevolence	Bliss	Boldness
Bravery	Brilliance	Buoyancy
Calmness	Camaraderie	Candor
Capability	Care	Carefulness
Celebrity	Certainty	Challenge
Charity	Charm	Chastity
Cheerfulness	Clarity	Cleanliness
Clear-mindedness	Cleverness	Closeness
Comfort	Commitment	Compassion
Completion	Composure	Concentration
Confidence	Conformity	Congruency
Connection	Consciousness	Consistency
Contentment	Continuity	Contribution
Control	Conviction	Conviviality
Coolness	Cooperation	Cordiality
Correctness	Courage	Courtesy
Craftiness	Creativity	Credibility
Cunning	Curiosity	Daring
Decisiveness	Decorum	Deference
Delight	Dependability	Depth
Desire	Determination	Devotion
Devoutness	Dexterity	Dignity
Diligence	Direction	Directness
Discipline	Discovery	Discretion
Diversity	Dominance	Dreaming
Drive	Duty	Dynamism
Eagerness	Economy	Ecstasy
Education	Effectiveness	Efficiency
Elation	Elegance	Empathy
Encouragement	Endurance	Energy
Enjoyment	Entertainment	Enthusiasm
Excellence	Excitement	Exhilaration
Expectancy	Expediency	Experience
Expertise	Exploration	Expressiveness
Extravagance	Extroversion	Exuberance

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Fairness	Faith	Fame
Family	Fascination	Fashion
Fearlessness	Ferocity	Fidelity
Fierceness	Financial independence	Firmness
Fitness	Flexibility	Flow
Fluency	Focus	Fortitude
Frankness	Freedom	Friendliness
Frugality	Fun	Gallantry
Generosity	Gentility	Giving
Grace	Gratitude	Gregariousness
Growth	Guidance	Happiness
Harmony	Health	Heart
Helpfulness	Heroism	Holiness
Honesty	Honor	Hopefulness
Hospitality	Humility	Humor
Hygiene	Imagination	Impact
Impartiality	Independence	Industry
Ingenuity	Inquisitiveness	Insightfulness
Inspiration	Integrity	Intelligence
Intensity	Intimacy	Intrepidness
Introversion	Intuition	Intuitiveness
Inventiveness	Investing	Joy
Judiciousness	Justice	Keenness
Kindness	Knowledge	Leadership
Learning	Liberation	Liberty
Liveliness	Logic	Longevity
Love	Loyalty	Majesty
Making a difference	Mastery	Maturity
Meekness	Mellowness	Meticulousness
Mindfulness	Modesty	Motivation
Mysteriousness	Neatness	Nerve
Obedience	Open-mindedness	Openness
Optimism	Order	Organization
Originality	Outlandishness	Outrageousness

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Passion	Peace	Perceptiveness
Perfection	Perkiness	Perseverance
Persistence	Persuasiveness	Philanthropy
Piety	Playfulness	Pleasantness
Pleasure	Poise	Polish
Popularity	Potency	Power
Practicality	Pragmatism	Precision
Preparedness	Presence	Privacy
Proactivity	Professionalism	Prosperity
Prudence	Punctuality	Purity
Realism	Reason	Reasonableness
Recognition	Recreation	Refinement
Reflection	Relaxation	Reliability
Religiousness	Resilience	Resolution
Resolve	Resourcefulness	Respect
Rest	Restraint	Reverence
Richness	Rigor	Sacredness
Sacrifice	Sagacity	Saintliness
Sanguinity	Satisfaction	Security
Self-control	Selflessness	Self-reliance
Sensitivity	Sensuality	Serenity
Service	Sexuality	Sharing
Shrewdness	Significance	Silence
Silliness	Simplicity	Sincerity
Skilfulness	Solidarity	Solitude
Soundness	Speed	Spirit
Spirituality	Spontaneity	Spunk
Stability	Stealth	Stillness
Strength	Structure	Success
Support	Supremacy	Surprise
Sympathy	Synergy	Teamwork
Temperance	Thankfulness	Thoroughness
Thoughtfulness	Thrift	Tidiness
Timeliness	Traditionalism	Tranquility
Transcendence	Trust	Trustworthiness
Truth	Understanding	Unflappability
Uniqueness	Unity	Usefulness
Utility	Valor	Variety
Victory	Vigor	Virtue
Vision	Vitality	Vivacity
Warmth	Watchfulness	Wealth
Wilfulness	Willingness	Winning
Wisdom	Wittiness	Wonder
Youthfulness	Zeal

There you have it!
If your personal core values list is still too long and bulky, chip away at it some more until you only have about 10 values on your list. Make that part of who you are and know that this is your code (or map) to your best life.

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