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The most important person in all of this is you.
Whilst we may be grateful or ungrateful for the influence others may have had imposing or
implanting their values upon us, the ultimate responsibility rests with you to determine which of
the values that form your foundation are really valuable to you and which are not.

There follows a detailed exercise to determine your core values. Before starting, reflect back on
previous sections, at those key times in your life when you hade choices and decisions and were
influenced by the conduct, actions or behaviour of others.

How much of your life today has been formed by their influence and how much is truly your
own. Identifying your own true core values is so important in moving forward with your life as the
authentic you.
It is time to be ruthless about the values that are not yours, or no longer serve you. By the same
token, it is time to be appreciative of the values that are truly important to you and will continue
to serve you well on your journey.
EXERCISE | Value Identification Exercise

Values are the reasons that determine why we want the things we do. Reasons are the fuel in
the furnace of achievement. The more reasons we can identify for wanting something, the more
likely we will ultimately achieve it.
The stages of this process will be as follows:
1. To select the ten values that are most important to YOU in life

2. To compare the values against each other to prioritise them in order of importance
3. To elicit your core values in each of the roles and key areas of your life.

By identifying your core values for certain, you will undoubtedly clarify your areas of satisfaction
and dissatisfaction in life, in the degree to which your life is being lived in accordance with or in
contravention of your innermost values.

Listed below are some examples of values that are important. You may have others you will
want to include or substitute for these.