Core Values Guide

Here’s a list of values. Save them to your phone or print them out. Start by crossing off the ones that don’t resonate with you. Over the next week, narrow the list down to your top 10. It won’t be easy, and you might not feel completely satisfied with your final choices—and that’s perfectly fine!

After identifying your top 10 values, take time to reflect on how they shape your decisions and overall life direction. Let these values serve as a compass when faced with challenging choices. Encourage a friend or potential partner to complete the same exercise, then compare your results to see how well your values align. The opportunities for growth and connection are limitless!

Tip: Group the values into synonyms and then choose your favorite of the group and eliminate the rest

Full list of values  

  • Accountability
  • Achievement
  • Adaptability
  • Adventure
  • Altruism
  • Ambition
  • Authenticity
  • Balance
  • Beauty
  • Being the best
  • Belonging
  • Career
  • Caring
  • Collaboration
  • Commitment
  • Community
  • Compassion
  • Competence
  • Confidence
  • Connection
  • Contentment
  • Contribution
  • Cooperation
  • Courage
  • Creativity
  • Curiosity
  • Dignity
  • Diversity
  • Environment
  • Efficiency
  • Equity
  • Ethics
  • Excellence
  • Fairness
  • Faith
  • Family
  • Financial stability
  • Forgiveness
  • Freedom
  • Friendship
  • Fun
  • Future generations
  • Generosity
  • Giving back
  • Grace
  • Gratitude
  • Growth
  • Harmony
  • Health
  • Home
  • Honesty
  • Hope
  • Humility
  • Humor
  • Inclusion
  • Independence
  • Initiative
  • Integrity
  • Intuition
  • Job security
  • Joy
  • Justice
  • Kindness
  • Knowledge
  • Leadership
  • Learning
  • Legacy
  • Leisure
  • Love
  • Loyalty
  • Making a difference
  • Nature
  • Openness
  • Optimism
  • Order
  • Parenting
  • Patience
  • Patriotism

  • Peace
  • Perseverance
  • Personal fulfillment
  • Power
  • Pride
  • Recognition
  • Reliability
  • Resourcefulness
  • Respect
  • Responsibility
  • Risk-taking
  • Safety
  • Security
  • Self-discipline
  • Self-expression
  • Self-respect
  • Serenity
  • Service
  • Simplicity
  • Spirituality
  • Sportsmanship
  • Stewardship
  • Success
  • Teamwork
  • Thrift
  • Time
  • Tradition
  • Travel
  • Trust
  • Truth
  • Understanding
  • Uniqueness
  • Usefulness
  • Vision
  • Vulnerability
  • Wealth
  • Well-being
  • Wholeheartedness
  • Wisdom