Do You Know Your Deeply Held Values?
June 7, 2010 by Terry
Filed under Breaking Bad Habits, Goal Setting, Mind
One of the best tools in My Life Changes is the ability to define your core personal values. Across the world, people share universal values such as honesty, compassion, loyalty, love, passion, courage and peace. Your personal values reveal what matters most to you in life. They are qualities that you admire in others and hope you live life by. As you define your core personal values you find personal motivation in them. Your values are a foundation to your life’s meaning and purpose.
Most value driven companies are the most successful in the world. Apple values innovation above almost all else, and this has led them to be the number one IT company in the world. So why aren’t you defining your own values? With clear values we make choices that lead us to behave from personal integrity and strength rather than blind emotion or societies shallow influences. If you truly seek meaning and purpose in life begin to define your personal values. My Life Changes provides the best tool on the web for this.
Please take some time to read this post by Donald Miller a terrific author who talks about defining values.
How to Discover Your Core Values and Why it Matters
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The Importance Of Personal Value Based Goal Setting
December 9, 2009 by Terry
Filed under Goal Setting, Happiness
I came across an excellent article about setting goals according to your values. Completely inline with my philosophy and www.mylifechanges.com Thank you
A Values-Based Approach to Goals
Here’s How To Make Life Changes
October 7, 2009 by Terry
Filed under Goal Setting, Happiness, Mind
I created www.mylifechanges.com to help you make meaningful life changes. I can’t force you to make life changes. Only you can decide that. I have supplied a tool for you to use. I could become your personal coach but you probably can not afford a life coach. I hope you decide to make life changes today, because tragedy can strike at any time, and by then it may be far too late. This website will make you think. Thinking is good.
Decide who you are
First, you will need to decide who you are. Are you a parent, entrepreneur and athlete? Or are you a philosopher, businessman and wealth builder? Understanding your own big picture will set the frame for the next steps.
Decide what your core values are
Here are the top 5 core values (in order) people are seeking on www.mylifechanges.com: balance, achievement, commitment, love, and happiness. I don’t think it is necessary to list more then 5 core values. I also think that happiness is a very good core value to seek. Without happiness is life really much fun? Now you are ready to set goals according to who you are and what core values are meaningful to you.
Decide what your goals are
Take your most important core value and set a goal that will help you live accordingly to it. If your value is happiness, your goal may be to start the morning off with a smile. It’s simple but goals don’t have to be complicated to have a huge effect. Don’t set too many goals. It will be too difficult to reach a bunch at the same time. Kind of hard to quit smoking, lose weight and meditate all at the same time. You have taken perhaps the three most important steps in your life.
Track your changes
Use the color coded tracker to see how you are doing. I made the tracker as visual and simple as possible to make it easy for you and I. You are now on your way to making life changes. Congratulations!
Is it that simple? Yes it is. Why should it be complicated? You have a need, I supply a tool, you take action.
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Your Personal Values - The Quick And Easy Way To Happiness - The Cutting Edge Series
The cutting edge a series of articles aimed at waking individuals up. Life is too short to let it pass by.
Your personal values represent what you stand for, desire and admire. They are your spiritual and moral qualities. You cannot set clear goals, break habits or make good choices without them. A few core values are health, love, gratitude, wealth, joy and harmony.
Most people are ignorant, lost, or firmly connected to their personal values.
Goal Setting And Value Identification Lead To More Meaning and Purpose
July 15, 2008 by Terry
Filed under Career, Featured Articles, Goal Setting, Mind, Popular Posts
Life seems to hurtle by us these days. To keep up with our frantic-paced life, our ever-changing technological society has given us radical tools to work, plan and supposedly become more efficient.
Computers, cell phones, iPhones and pagers are just a few examples of gadgets that keep us connected, sometimes 24/7. Information whizzes by us at a mind-numbing rate from Internet news sites, work computer systems, E-mail at work, E-mail at home, not to mention pagers, to do lists and pop up reminders. All in the name of efficiency. Work demands that we do more in less time and the global village keeps us all connected with instant news. More and more of us are reeling from information overload, feeling exhausted and possibly headed for burn out.
