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EXERCISE | Value Identification Exercise
Stage 1

The list is provided more as a prompt than anything else and is not exhaustive. If you know with
absolute certainty, your ten core governing values, write them down. If you know a few, look at
the values on the list to see which ones are different from the ones you have identified and strike
a real chord with you.
From the list of values and adding any that you feel are more appropriate to you, circle the ten
values that are most important to you, the ten that matter most to you. For the purposes of this
stage of the exercise, look for the ten that have the biggest overall impact on you. Later we will
look at the key areas and roles in your life and repeat the process. This process will be harder
than you may imagine as there are a number of values you may initially think are important to
you, but perhaps they are inherited or no longer serve your best interests.
To show you how the process works, I have inserted ten example values in no particular order, in
the boxes :

:KDW LV LPSRUWDQW WR \RX LQ OLIH "
Love
:KDW HOVH LV LPSRUWDQW WR \RX LQ OLIH"
Honesty
:KDW HOVH LV LPSRUWDQW WR \RX LQ OLIH"
Fairness
:KDW HOVH LV LPSRUWDQW WR \RX LQ OLIH"
Peace
:KDW HOVH LV LPSRUWDQW WR \RX LQ OLIH"
:KDW HOVH LV LPSRUWDQW WR \RX LQ OLIH" Fun
Forgiveness
:KDW HOVH LV LPSRUWDQW WR \RX LQ OLIH" Well-Being
:KDW HOVH LV LPSRUWDQW WR \RX LQ OLIH"
Security
:KDW HOVH LV LPSRUWDQW WR \RX LQ OLIH"
Freedom
:KDW HOVH LV LPSRUWDQW WR \RX LQ OLIH"
Authenticity

Stage 2 – Your Hierarchy of Values
Having identified your ten core values, now it is time to prioritise them in order. This is called your
“Hierarchy of Values” There are multiple reasons for you not to rely on guesswork alone here.
Only by comparison of each value against the others accurately, will you arrive at the true order
of priority of your values. You may have the instinct to write down love as your number one core
value, only to find when comparing it one on one with others it appears lower down the list.
Trust the process, it works !
Again, in no particular order, insert the values in the comparison chart like the one on the page
that follows. The column headed ‘No’ contains two boxes, the top one is the number of the val-
ue, the bottom one, shown in italics, is the count of each value.
How it works: Write all your value choices in the column headed Governing Core Value, as in
the example above. Then proceed to ask yourself the questions as follows:
Imagine you are standing on a train platform waiting for your train to “Happyville”. You have
two suitcases that are labelled with the names of your values. At the last minute you are told by
the porter that only one suitcase per person is allowed on the train, no exceptions.
Each time, you have to choose one of the cases to take and the one to leave behind.