Why our core values are the foundation of a truly successful life?

Our core values, once identified and defined, help us:

1. Gain Real Clarity about who you are and what you stand for. To get what you truly want, you must be who you truly are.

2. Better Use of Time. You make better choices about where you spend your time—your most valuable asset. There's no way to get any more of it. To live an ideal life, you must learn to choose carefully as to how you invest your time. Your core values should be your guide.

3. Core Values Means More Income. Being true to your core values affects your bottom line. It's a lot easier to earn money when you're doing what you love in accordance with your core values.

4. Purpose and Passion. Knowing and being true to what really matters to you means having more passion in your purpose and more purpose in your passion. The congruity makes it happen.

5. Inspiration. Understanding and living from your core values opens the door to more inspiration in your life. And we can all use more of that.

6. Motivation. Living in accordance with our core values keeps you motivated. It's motivation from within rather than motivation plastered on from the outside.

7. Overcoming Discouragement. We all experience challenges and we all get discouraged from time to time. But when we know what our most important values are and are dedicated to making them live and breathe in our life, we become more resilient.

8. Stay On Track. Our values are like our moral compass. They keep us headed toward our true north. And when we get off course, we notice sooner. They help us get back on track more easily.

9. Easier Choice of Goals. Choosing which goals we set and go after is easier when we're clear on our most important values. We can do anything we want, but we can't do everything. It's incumbent upon us to choose wisely. And that's easier when our values are front and center all the time.

10. Better Decisions. Being clear on our core values makes every decision we make easier. Weighing the pros and cons of any decision is simply less painful and less complicated.

In short, discovering, defining and living our core values allows us to get more of the right things done and enjoy the journey more.