This Is The Answer To The Question I’m Asked Most

How can I make my own list of core values?

This is the most common question I get from readers of Elevate and Friday Forward. Both books emphasize the importance of discovering core values, the non-negotiable principles that dictate how you live your life and drive your most important decisions. This starts with improving your Spiritual Capacity.

Whether you can articulate your core values or not, they exist within you and can often tell when they are violated. Consciously or unconsciously, your core values inform the type of work you enjoy doing, your long-term career ambitions, where you live, who you choose as a life partner, how you raise your kids and other crucial choices. Clear values are always better than arbitrary rules and cover many more situation than rules ever can.

Having a written list of core values is like buying a GPS for your life and career. Once you know what’s most important to you, and understand what achievements actually fulfill you, you can align your life to those outcomes. If you don’t know your core values, you’ll find yourself wasting time pursuing things that seem impressive, but don’t make you happy.

Clarifying my own core values was the most important step I’ve taken in my own development. Getting that clarity inspired me to make lasting changes in my life and make better decisions with my time, energy and relationships.

Finding core values is also a key facet of our leadership training at Acceleration Partners, and we’ve spent years developing a curriculum to help any person develop their own written list. We’ve refined this process over time and have seen great outcomes, including several personal and professional breakthroughs on our team.

I’m excited to share that curriculum with a wider audience—I have created an on-demand course to walk you through a detailed exercise to create and refine your own list of core values. The course itself is an hour, but the work is deeper; it will prompt several hours of reflection and refinement over the next several months until you settle on a final list. It’s worth it.

If you purchase the course by January 30, and use the coupon code launch at checkout, you can sign up for just $49, discounted from the regular price of $79.

In addition, you’ll also been enrolled in a welcome series, providing weekly tips, exercises and tools to help you keep momentum and test and revise your list of values.

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Aligning your life to your core values is the best thing you can do for yourself in 2021. Start today, and don’t forget to use the code, launch.

Robert Glazer is the founder and CEO of Acceleration Partners, an award-winning partner marketing agency ranked #4 on Glassdoor’s best places to work. Robert was also named twice to Glassdoor’s list of Top CEO of Small and Medium Companies in the US, ranking #2 and was recently named one of Conscious Company’s top 22 conscious business leaders. He is a member of Marshall Goldsmith's 100 Coaches initiative.