Have you ever been in a situation where you needed to make a really important?
Work or life decision, but you just didn't know what to do.
I'm Adriana Girdler, I'm a Productivity Specialist president of CornerStone
Dynamics and MyVisualVision,com, and in this video you will learn how to find
your top three core values that will allow you to make decisions and move
forward.
So, what are core values? Well, they're a description of your character, how you
behave, and what you are like. They hold strong no matter what! Especially in
times of stress and temptation. So why are core values so important? Well,
core values are really a descriptor of who you are. I like to call - it it's your
line in the sand that lets you know what you're willing to accept and not accept.
But not only that, core values give you the guidance that you need, kind of like
an internal GPS as to what you're going to do and not do. Because your core
values, as was said earlier on, is a descriptive, a description of you your
behavior what you're willing to accept. And it's really cool because you can
start very quickly making some really important decisions knowing what your
core values are. So what are the three steps in order to find out what your
three core values are. Well let's get to it.
Step number one is to take a look at a core value list. Sometimes they're also
called personal beliefs and in fact if you go down below you can go to my
website MyVisualVision.com and actually take a look at a very extensive
list of core values and pick out the ones that really resonate with you. I want you
to be careful, don't go overload on this because these are core values that you
live 24/7 and you make decisions by them every day. So you want to stick to about
3-5 absolutely max because you have to manage this all right and again
you're gonna live it 24/7. So take a look find out what your three
to five core values are and then bring them forth. Step number two now that you
pick three to five core values I'd like for you to define them based on what you
feel that means to you because again you're gonna live by this 24/7. Remember
it's your line in the sand. You're gonna make yes or no decisions based on those
core values. So if you picked a core value, let's say like courage, well what
does courage mean to you? That's the critical part so
really get in depth of with what that decision is because again it's going to
allow you to make the right decision. So define all the core values that you've
picked. Last but not least, step number three and that is we're going to put
your core values through the litmus test. This is the most important part you
cannot miss this whatsoever, because this is gonna let you know whether or not the
core values you picked truly are core values.
WHAT? Yeah! I know sometimes that happens sometimes we pick things but then when
we put them through a litmus test we realize there's no way I can support
that. Nothing wrong with it. So what I'm going to do is I'm going to read for you
some of the litmus test questions that you're actually going to think about, all
right. So with the core values that you picked, I want you to ask these top
questions: would you honestly sacrifice any value on your list for money?
So let's say someone gave you a million bucks, would you actually give up that
core value in order to do whatever that person asked you to do because you just
now cross that line in the sand. Think about it. You want to ask this
question for every core value you picked. Have you lost any core value in times of
stress? So think about these core values that you picked, in the past have you
ever lost it quite easily with that core value. Think about it. Another question is
do you envision let's say in 25 years, if this core value still holds true? Core
values are your essence. It's your inner being. So these aren't something that are
gonna change in five years, two years, or even ten years. It is who you are! So you
want to make sure that you can still envision yourself holding this core
value, true to your heart, in the next twenty five, thirty fifty years, actually
to the end of your life, really. Here's another really cool question to ask from
a litmus test perspective: would you stop holding these values if at some point
they became a competitive disadvantage? That's kind of loaded because you're
wondering "wow what would I do if this occurred" but again, that's the whole
purpose. Your core value is your essence. Now, if you answered yes to any of these
questions for a core value then guess what, that is not a core value. Go back to
the list and pick out a new one. If you answered
no to all of the questions, then guess what,
yeah! You just found a core value and now you want to hold on to that. That is
truly who you are in your essence. I can't tell you enough how critical core
values are in making life decisions, business decisions, personal decisions, it
is absolutely amazing and it is a beautiful tool to have to really move
you forward into what it is that you want to do. But more importantly, staying
true to who you are, and not losing yourself in the process, because perhaps
your ultimate goal doesn't just take one path it takes many paths. So why not take
the path that is ultimately going to get your goal but also connect you to your
core value. So every day when you wake up, you feel good about the decisions you
made, and you're not wondering and questioning, should I've done that
differently? When you're aligned with core values it is powerful. Because in
the famous words of Roy Disney "it is not hard to make a decision once you know
what your values are". If you'd like to have more information on core values and
you want to understand how that links to visions and things of that nature, you
can check out my website, the link is below. You can also check out this
workbook that I have on visual visioning. But also talks in depth about core
values too. If you like this video, please give it a thumbs up, please subscribe to
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Core values are a wonderful way and a great tool to move you forward down the
path of what it is that you want in both your personal and professional life.
Thank you very much, and I'll see you at the next video. BYE