Values Exercise
What’s important to you?
Directions: Rank each of the following values 1-16 (or more). You must ‘Rank’ each one, i.e., NO ties!
(Drawn from Ken Rouse, Putting Money in its Place)
____ ACHIEVEMENT: To accomplish something important in life, to succeed at what I am doing
____ AESTHETICS: To be able to appreciate beauty and be creative
____ AUTHORITY/POWER: To be a key decision maker and direct other’s activities
____ ADVENTURE: To experience variety and excitement, and to respond to challenging opportunities
____ AUTONOMY: To be independent, to have freedom and do what I want to do
____ HEALTH: To be physically, mentally and emotionally well, to feel energetic and to have a sense of well being
____ INTEGRITY: To have close personal relationships, to share love with family and friends
____ PLEASURE: To experience enjoyment and satisfaction from activities in which I participate
____ RECOGNITION: To be seen as successful, receive acknowledgement for achievement
____ SECURITY: To feel stable and comfortable with few changes or anxieties in my life
____ SENSE OF HUMOR: To keep life experiences in perspective through appropriate use of humor
____ SERVICE: To provide for the community through contributing time, money, or skills
____ SPIRITUAL GROWTH: To have harmony with the infinite source of life
____ FINANCIAL WEALTH: To acquire enough money to be financially independent
____ WISDOM: To have insight, to be able to pursue new knowledge and have clear judgment
____ OTHER
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____ OTHER
