Below is a list of personal values that you can draw inspiration from while determining what areas to focus on in your personal development. Take a few minutes to look through and pick a few that you feel are the most important to you. While many may resonate, I’d recommend choosing three to five specific ones to focus on at any one time.
- Authenticity
- Achievement
- Adventure
- Authority
- Autonomy
- Balance
- Beauty
- Boldness
- Compassion
- Challenge
- Citizenship
- Community
- Competency
- Contribution
- Creativity
- Curiosity
- Determination
- Fairness
- Faith
- Fame
- Friendships
- Fun
- Generosity
- Growth
- Gratitude
- Happiness
- Honesty
- Humor
- Influence
- Inner Harmony
- Integrity
- Justice
- Kindness
- Knowledge
- Leadership
- Learning
- Love
- Loyalty
- Meaningful Work
- Openness
- Optimism
- Peace
- Pleasure
- Poise
- Popularity
- Recognition
- Religion
- Reputation
- Respect
- Responsibility
- Security
- Self-Respect
- Service
- Spirituality
- Stability
- Success
- Status
- Trustworthiness
- Wealth
- Wisdom
This list is lifted directly from James Clear, who lifted many of them from The LeaderShape Institute. I’ll be adding more over time, but enjoy this for now.