What values are important to a life well lived?
What do you want to be known for?
What qualities do you admire in others and work to cultivate in yourself?
And how do those qualities reflect your core beliefs?
Your life values are those that, once you identify them, help you with decision-making and provide the building blocks for your character — specifically the one you want to have.
For example, if one of your top values in life is courage, you’ll likely seek out new challenges so you can act in spite of the fear that comes when you’re faced with the possibility of failure or rejection.
And if forgiveness has recently become one of your values to live by, you’ll want to remind yourself of your new commitment when you’re about to spend time with someone who has hurt you in the past.
But what is the point of identifying your values, and how do they contribute to your growth and happiness?
To answer this question, we’re exploring 29 of the most important values in life and showing how they influence everything you do.
But before we do that, it makes sense to explain what values are in the first place.
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