Personal Core Values: What Are They And Why Are They Important?

Values. What are they, and why are they important? How do you find out what yours are?

If you’re looking for the answers to the above, you’re in the right place!

Welcome to your guide to understanding and uncovering your core values.

Let’s start with the basics…

What are personal core values?

Personal core values are the beliefs you have that influence your behavior, your choices, and decisions. They’re the lens through which you view the world and act as a personal “code of conduct.”

Why are core values important?

Your values are who you are at the deepest level — they represent what matters to you and what you need to live a joyful life. When you live in true alignment with your core values, you feel fulfilled and can accelerate toward success and abundance in every area of your life.

But when you aren’t living in accordance with your values, discontentment, disappointment, resentment, and unhappiness build. It harms your career, relationships, and even your health.

What if you think you know what your values are and are still struggling to feel fulfilled?

That’s likely to be because you’re living by someone else’s values.

How do core values get confused and mistaken?

You might be wondering how it’s possible to be living by someone else’s values and not even know it, but it’s more common than you think.

“We are all born with a unique set of values,” success coach Alexis Artin explains. “As children, we depend on others for our survival, and gaining acceptance and protection from our community — our parents, teachers, and other caregivers — becomes our driving force.

Often, that means adopting the values of those we depend on. This happens at such a young age that we don’t even remember a time when we saw the world differently. It becomes the norm for us.”

Think about it — have you ever chosen a career because it would be more acceptable to your family, even though you felt a pull to do something “less acceptable”? Or perhaps you’ve chosen the partner your parents would approve of rather than the person you truly felt a connection with, out of fear they wouldn’t support your decision.

These are both examples of living by someone else’s values.

“It can be scary to break free from the values you’ve come to accept,” Alexis says. “But the liberation, happiness, and success that’s available when you do leads to an extraordinary life.”

To help disentangle yourself from others’ values and connect with your own, sign up to Alexis’ brand new webinar training, See Ya Later Sabotage.

With two decades of experience catapulting people to phenomenal success, Alexis is an expert on helping people reconnect with their core values to live the joyful, abundant lives they deserve.

How to identify your personal core values

It’s time to do some self-reflection! Follow these three steps to uncover your personal core values:

1. Reflect on your childhood

Think about what you enjoyed doing as a child. What activities, tasks, or hobbies did you love? What made you feel successful?

2. Reflect on the present

When did you last feel successful? What were you doing?

When did you last feel content and joyful? What were you doing?

3. Find the connection

Look back at the answers from steps one and two. What are the common themes?

For example, if you liked drawing and painting as a child and last felt happiest when taking photographs on vacation, then creativity might be one of your themes.

4. Map it out

Now you put pen to paper and map out your values.

On a blank page, write “My Core Values” in the center and begin to note down words that resonate with you. Some words might lead to others, so use lines to connect them. Keep going until you can’t think of any more.

If you have trouble getting started, this list of personal values offers some inspiration.

5. Select your values

From your mind map, highlight the five words that most resonate with you. These are your core personal values.

List them on a separate sheet and start to consider how you can incorporate them into your daily life. Even the smallest change will bring you close to a more harmonious, happier life.

To fast-track yourself to a life of success, joy, and abundance, living in true alignment with your newfound values, join Alexis Artin for a deeply insightful and inspirational webinar on how to overcome self-sabotage and step into your highest potential.

Sign up for this completely free training to discover:

• The seven sneaky ways we self-sabotage and how to identify them.
• How to finally silence your inner critic and become your biggest advocate.
• The secrets to creating the mastery mindset you need to succeed in every area of your life.

Ready to start living your best life?

Sign up for the webinar today.