By Develop Good Habits Staff — 2021
Knowing your personal core values is one way of connecting with your authentic self.
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A misalignment between the two could make you completely miserable, trigger depression or even cause you to become physically ill, warns Saundra Loffredo.
Core values are your moral compass: what you deeply believe is morally right. What we must remember is that your core values are always believed or perceived to be moral or influenced by morality.
Are you stuck in a rut? Or maybe you just don’t feel motivated by your everyday life? It’s an all too common feeling with a simple explanation; you’re just going through the motions without paying attention to what’s important.
As I sit here writing this, I am still in the middle of a huge shift in my life, a shift that has seen me move from living by other people’s values and expectations to identifying and living by my own.
In a world that is constantly evolving and taking new forms, it can be somewhat overwhelming trying to make sense of this thing called life.
What’s most important to you? Your core values determine how you answer this question. Our core values highlight what we stand for. Core values guide our behaviors, decisions, and action.
When we think of how our lives are measured, we recall the experiences that felt meaningful to us: a graduation, a birth, a celebration, an achievement. But these experiences alone do not define your core values, says career coach Tara Mohr.
When you know what’s important to you, you can live in alignment with those values. This leads to greater fulfillment, clarity and self-awareness.
Knowing your values can guide your actions and give you inner peace.
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