Clarifying What Matters: A List of Values
This is a list of values: qualities of being and doing. When going through it, notice your reactions. Notice what already matters to you, what feels true, what makes you lean in. Notice self-judgments, shoulds, and pressure. Let them go. Read with curiosity. Notice what resonates. Let me know if something is missing.
List of Values
Acceptance: Openness to experience as it is, without judgment or resistance
Accomplishment: Satisfaction from working toward and completing meaningful goals
Accountability: Taking responsibility for one's actions and their consequences
Accuracy: Precision and exactness in what one does or says
Adaptability: Adjusting effectively to changes and new circumstances
Adventure: Opening to new, stimulating, sometimes risky experiences
Agency: The capacity to make choices, take action, and shape one's own life
Altruism: Genuine care for others' wellbeing
Ambition: Pursuing elevated and meaningful objectives
Amusement: Finding enjoyment and fun in activities
Assertiveness: Expressing one's needs, opinions, and boundaries clearly
Attentiveness: Paying careful attention to details and others
Attunement: Being sensitively responsive to others
Authenticity: Being true to oneself, one's values and deepest convictions
Autonomy: Thinking and acting for oneself without excessive dependence
Awareness: Clear consciousness of one’s internal and external experiences
Balance: Maintaining equilibrium between different areas of life
Beauty: Appreciating aesthetic qualities that bring pleasure or satisfaction
Boldness: Courage to take risks and act despite fear
Calm: State of tranquility and absence of agitation
Care: Attending to others' or one's own needs with gentleness
Caution: Being prudent and considering consequences before acting
Challenge: Engaging with difficult situations that stimulate growth
Change: Valuing evolution and positive transformation
Charity: Generous action toward others in need
Clarity: Understanding clearly and expressing precisely
Collaboration: Working cooperatively with others toward shared goals
Commitment: Dedication to promises, people, or causes
Communication: Clear and honest exchange of information and feelings
Community: Feeling of belonging and connection to a group sharing interests or values
Compassion: Sensitivity to others' suffering accompanied by desire to alleviate it
Competition: Striving against others for a desired outcome
Completion: Following through and finishing what one starts
Composure: Maintaining calm under pressure
Connection: Building genuine bonds with others and oneself
Consciousness: Awareness of one's thoughts, feelings, surroundings, and others
Conservation: Protecting and preserving resources and environment
Consistency: Reliability and steadiness in behavior and values
Contribution: Adding value to others' lives or to society
Control: Managing one's responses and environment appropriately
Cooperation: Working together harmoniously
Courage: Facing fear and discomfort in service of what matters
Courtesy: Showing respect and good manners toward others
Creativity: Expressing oneself and bringing new things into being
Curiosity: Approaching life with genuine interest and openness
Daring: Willingness to take bold risks
Decisiveness: Making choices clearly and promptly
Dedication: Committed devotion to a purpose or person
Dependability: Being reliable and trustworthy
Determination: Firmness of purpose and resolve
Devotion: Deep love and loyalty toward someone or something
Dignity: Maintaining self-respect and honoring others' worth
Diligence: Careful and persistent effort in one's work
Diplomacy: Handling situations with tact and sensitivity
Directness: Communicating honestly and straightforwardly
Discernment: Wise judgment about what's true or right
Discipline: Self-control and structured approach to goals
Discovery: Finding or learning something new
Discretion: Exercising careful judgment in what one says or does
Diversity: Valuing and embracing differences
Dynamism: Energy and vigor in action
Ecology: Care for the natural environment and sustainable living
Economy: Using resources wisely and avoiding waste
Education: Commitment to learning and knowledge
Effectiveness: Achieving desired results, doing what works
Efficiency: Accomplishing maximum results with minimum wasted effort or resources
Elegance: Refinement and grace in manner or appearance
Embodiment: living in and through the body
Empathy: Understanding and sharing others' feelings
Empowerment: Enabling oneself and others to take control
Encouragement: Supporting and inspiring others
Endurance: Capacity to withstand hardship or persist
Engagement: Being actively involved and present in activities
Enjoyment: Taking pleasure in experiences
Enthusiasm: Passionate interest and excitement
Entrepreneurship: Initiative in creating and building ventures
Equality: Treating all people as having equal worth
Equity: Fairness based on individual needs and circumstances (distinct from equality)
Ethics: Living according to moral principles
Excellence: Striving for the highest quality
Exploration: Investigating and discovering new territories
Expression: Communicating one's inner experience outwardly
Fairness: Treating people justly and without bias
Faith: Trust and belief in something beyond proof
Fidelity: Faithfulness and loyalty to commitments
Fitness: Physical health and capability
Flexibility: Adapting easily to changing circumstances
Focus: Concentrating attention on what matters
Forgiveness: Letting go of resentment and anger
Fortitude: Strength in facing adversity
Freedom: Ability to act and choose without constraint
Friendship: Relationships built on affection, trust, and mutual support
Frugality: Using resources carefully and economically
Fun: Engaging in lighthearted enjoyment
Future-orientation: Planning and working toward what's ahead
Generosity: Giving freely of oneself and one's resources
Giving: Offering to others without expectation of return
Grace: Moving through life with elegance and ease
Gratitude: Appreciation for what one has and receives
Growth: Continuous evolution toward becoming more fully oneself
Guidance: Providing direction and support to others
Harmony: Living in accord with oneself and others
Health: Caring for physical and mental wellbeing
Heart: Leading with emotion and compassion
Helpfulness: Being of service and assistance
Heritage: Honoring one's roots and traditions
Heroism: Courage and nobility in facing danger
Holiness: Connection to the sacred or divine
Honesty: Speaking and living truthfully
Honor: Maintaining integrity and respect
Hope: Believing in positive possibilities
Hospitality: Welcoming and generous treatment of guests
Humanity: Recognizing our shared human experience
Humility: Modest view of one's importance
Humor: Finding lightness and playfulness in life
Idealism: Pursuing high principles and visions
Imagination: Creating mental images and possibilities
Impact: Making a significant difference
Impartiality: Treating situations without bias
Independence: Standing/relying on one's own and being self-sufficient
Individuality: Honoring one's unique qualities
Industry: Diligent and productive work
Influence: Having positive effect on others
Innovation: Creating new methods or ideas
Insight: Deep understanding of people or situations
Inspiration: Being moved to create or act
Integration: Bringing different parts of oneself into wholeness
Integrity: Aligning actions with values
Intensity: Experiencing life with great depth
Intimacy: Deep closeness and knowing with others
Introspection: Examining one's own thoughts and feelings
Intuition: Trusting inner knowing
Invention: Creating something entirely new
Investment: Committing resources toward future returns
Joy: Experiencing and creating moments of delight
Justice: Standing up for what's fair and right
Kindness: Gentle, caring treatment of others
Knowledge: Accumulating understanding and information
Leadership: Guiding and inspiring others toward goals
Learning: Ongoing engagement in acquiring new knowledge and skills
Legacy: Creating something lasting beyond oneself
Leisure: Taking time for rest and recreation
Liberation: Breaking free from constraints
Lightness: Approaching life without heaviness
Logic: Using reason and rational thinking
Love: Deep feelings of affection, care, and attachment
Loyalty: Steadfast devotion to people or principles
Mastery: Achieving expert skill in an area
Maturity: Developing wisdom and emotional balance
Meaning: Finding purpose and significance
Meditation: Practicing quiet reflection and awareness
Meekness: Gentleness and humility of spirit
Meticulousness: Careful attention to detail
Mindfulness: Present-moment awareness
Minimalism: Living with simplicity and less
Moderation: Avoiding extremes, seeking balance
Mysticism: Connection to spiritual mystery
Nature: Connecting with the natural world
Neatness: Orderliness in one's environment
Nonconformity: Thinking and acting independently of convention
Nurturance: Caring for growth and development
Obedience: Following legitimate authority appropriately
Openness: Receptivity to experience and others
Optimism: Hopeful and positive outlook
Order: Systematic organization and structure
Organization: Arranging things efficiently
Originality: Being unique and creative
Passion: Intense enthusiasm and desire
Patience: Calm endurance without frustration
Patriotism: Love and devotion to one's country
Peace: Inner calm and harmony in relationships
Perseverance: Continuing despite difficulty
Persistence: Refusing to give up
Perspective: Seeing situations with balanced wisdom
Philanthropy: Generous giving to benefit others
Piety: Devotion to spiritual or religious practice
Playfulness: Engaging in activities purely for enjoyment
Pleasantness: Being agreeable and friendly
Pleasure: Enjoying sensory and emotional satisfaction
Poise: Graceful and composed bearing
Power: Capacity to influence and act
Pragmatism: Focusing on what works
Precision: Exactness and accuracy
Preparedness: Being ready for what comes
Presence: Being fully here, now
Privacy: Maintaining personal boundaries
Proactivity: Taking initiative rather than reacting
Productivity: Accomplishing meaningful work
Professionalism: Maintaining high standards in work
Progress: Moving forward and improving
Prosperity: Flourishing and success
Prudence: Careful judgment and wisdom
Punctuality: Being on time and respecting schedules
Purity: Cleanness and virtue
Quality: Excellence in what one does or creates
Reason: Logical thinking and judgment
Realism: Seeing things as they actually are
Reciprocity: Mutual exchange and give-and-take in relationships
Recreation: Engaging in renewing activities
Reflection: Thoughtful consideration of experience
Reliability: Being consistently dependable
Religion: Connection to faith and spiritual practice
Renewal: Restoring energy and freshness
Resilience: Bouncing back from adversity
Resourcefulness: Finding creative solutions
Respect: Honoring the dignity of self and others
Responsibility: Being accountable for one's duties
Rest: Allowing time for restoration and stillness
Restraint: Exercising self-control
Reverence: Deep respect and awe
Righteousness: Acting according to moral principles
Rigor: Thoroughness and precision
Risk-taking: Willingness to face uncertainty for potential gain
Ritual: Meaningful repetitive practices
Romance: Expressing love with passion and care
Sacrifice: Giving up something for a greater good
Safety: Protecting oneself and others from harm
Sagacity: Deep wisdom and sound judgment
Security: Feeling safe and stable
Self-acceptance: Embracing oneself as one is
Self-awareness: Knowing one's own nature
Self-care: Attending to one's own wellbeing
Self-compassion: Treating oneself with kindness
Self-control: Managing impulses and reactions
Self-development: Working to develop oneself, to grow
Self-discipline: Training oneself toward goals
Self-expression: Communicating one's authentic self
Self-reliance: Depending on one's own capabilities
Self-respect: Valuing one's own dignity
Sensitivity: Awareness of subtle feelings and signals
Sensuality: Enjoying physical and sensory pleasures
Serenity: Deep peace and calm
Service: Acting for others' benefit
Sexuality: Expressing erotic self
Sharing: Giving to others freely
Shrewdness: Sharp judgment and insight
Significance: Mattering and having meaning
Silence: Valuing quiet and stillness
Silliness: Allowing foolish playfulness
Simplicity: Choosing what's essential over excessive
Solitude: Valuing time alone with oneself
Sovereignty: Authority over one's own life and choices (slightly different from autonomy/independence)
Spirituality: Connection to something beyond the material
Spontaneity: Acting naturally without overthinking
Stability: Consistency and steadiness
Stewardship: Responsible care of what's entrusted
Strength: Physical and emotional resilience
Structure: Organized framework for living
Support: Providing help and encouragement
Sympathy: Feeling concern for others' difficulties
Synergy: Creating results greater than the sum of parts
Tact: Sensitivity in communication
Temperance: Moderation and self-restraint
Tenacity: Holding firm to purpose
Tenderness: Gentle affection and care
Thoroughness: Completing things carefully and completely
Thoughtfulness: Considerate attention to others
Timeliness: Acting at the right moment
Tolerance: Accepting differences without judgment
Toughness: Strength in facing difficulty
Tradition: Honoring established customs and practices
Transcendence: Going beyond ordinary limits
Transparency: Openness and clarity in dealings
Trust: Willingness to believe in others' reliability and good intentions; being open to depending on people
Trustworthiness: Being worthy of confidence; being reliable, honest, and dependable
Truth: Commitment to what is real and honest
Understanding: Comprehending deeply
Uniqueness: Valuing what makes one distinct
Usefulness: Being of practical value
Virtue: Moral excellence
Vision: Seeing possibilities for the future
Vitality: Living with energy and aliveness
Vulnerability: Willingness to be seen and take emotional risks
Warmth: Expressing kindness and affection
Wellness: Overall health and wellbeing
Willingness: Being open to experience and action
Wisdom: Deep understanding and sound judgment
Wonder: Awe and curiosity about existence
Worldliness: Understanding diverse cultures and experiences
