Defining Your Personal Values

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Identifying Your Personal Values

Personal values refer to the standards of ethics and behavior that are important to you. They set the boundaries by which you live your life. They help set priorities in your life and draw lines of what you will and will not do to reach your goals. They influence every decision you make.

Values are not practices, they are guiding principles that affect every part of your life: physical, mental, social, emotional, spiritual, financial, and business. They are principles like integrity, honesty, quality, service, excellence, and fairness.

One way to help you identify your personal values is to think of how you would like to be remembered if you died today. What would you want to be written on your tombstone? For example, “Here lies an honest, hardworking father who loved his wife and children,” reflects several personal values ⎯ honesty, hard work, fatherhood, and love for family. These principles give meaning to your life and a reason for being. When your business is aligned with your personal values your work gains purpose.

Another way to identify your values is to ask yourself what you think others would say about you if you died. More specifically, what would you want the important people in your life to say about you? What would you want your spouse to say? Your children and family? Your friends? Your business associates? Your God? Your community? How you want to be remembered by each of your key relationships can help you understand what your core values are and what’s really important to you. Winston Churchill said, “You make a living by what you receive; you make a life by what you give back.”

Identify the values that are important to you. Don’t confuse them with values you feel you should have. Your core values are not what others think you should believe in or what you think others think you should believe in. Trying to live up to values that are not your own will only lead to resentment.

For a business owner, work is more than just a paycheck. Your work is a part of you — you made it happen and you are responsible for the success or failure of your business. Integrating your core values and goals into your business is one of the rewarding aspects of owning a business. When you align your business values with your personal values, it’s a powerful motivating force. Your work gains purpose. It will instill passion and energy in you. And, if done in a participative manner, it will also instill passion and energy for your business in your employees, customers, vendors, and anyone else you work with.

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Identifying Your Personal Values