There are many lists of values
available on the Internet. Here's one I published in the book Relax
Focus Succeed®
in 2007.
What's that you say? Who cares?
At the very root of working on your
own happiness, you need to figure out what you believe in, what you
stand for. It might sound grant, but you need to figure out your
purpose in life!
That work start with trying to
figure out what's important to you. From this long list of values, pick
about ten that you consider the most important in your life. Write them
down and set them aside.
After you've had some time to let
this sink in, narrow down the list to only 3-5 values. Go over them
again and again. You should be completely comfortable with this short
list: These values are more important to you than any others.
Only when you're done with this
exercise can you move on to the next step: translating these values into
the daily actions in your life. That's discussed
here.
Now here's that list of values: