Identity 101, Layer 2: Values

“Values” doesn’t just refer to the way you most often hear it used in the news – like your stance on gun control, abortion, and immigration. Rather, it includes everything that you truly care about. Watch this video and consider the following list of values – ask yourself which ones you care deeply about, and whether you’ve been living them or if they’ve been pushed aside by the quotidian demands of the rat race.

• Authenticity, Achievement, Adventure, Authority, Autonomy
• Balance, Beauty, Boldness
• Compassion, Challenge, Citizenship, Community, Competency, Contribution, Creativity, Curiosity, Competition, Comfort, Connection
• Determination
• Excellence, Excitement
• Fairness, Faith, Fame, Friendships, Fun
• Growth
• Happiness, Honesty, Humor
• Influence, Inner Harmony
• Justice
• Kindness, Knowledge
• Leadership, Learning, Love, Loyalty
• Meaningful Work, Mastery
• Openness, Optimism
• Peace, Pleasure, Poise, Popularity, Power, People
• Recognition, Religion, Reputation, Respect, Responsibility
• Security, Self-Respect, Service, Spirituality, Stability, Success, Status
• Trustworthiness, Travel
• Wealth, Wisdom, World Peace