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EXERCISE | VALUE IDENTIFICATION EXERCISE

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Love
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Honesty
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Fairness
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Peace
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Fun
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Forgiveness
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Well-Being
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Security
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Freedom
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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
value, 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.