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What is the first step in achieving success in college?
What is the first step in achieving success in college?
Identifying your personal values
What do personal values shape in daily life?
What do personal values shape in daily life?
The roles you play, interests, passions, thoughts, and words
What are the benefits of identifying your personal values?
What are the benefits of identifying your personal values?
It helps plan for academic, career, financial goals, and time and money management
How do personal values affect interactions with others?
How do personal values affect interactions with others?
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What are the three criteria for assessing your core values?
What are the three criteria for assessing your core values?
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What happens when your actions are consistent with your values?
What happens when your actions are consistent with your values?
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Assessing Your Core Values
- Personal values are core beliefs and guiding principles that shape daily life roles, interests, passions, thoughts, and words.
- Values serve as a compass for making decisions and choices, and identifying them helps with planning: • Academic goals • Career goals • Financial goals • Time management • Money management
Characteristics of Values
- Values are fundamentally important in personal and professional life, influencing interactions with others and priorities.
- Values determine how one judges themselves and others, and shape choices.
- When actions align with values, one feels peaceful with their choices, even if the outcome is not positive.
- When actions contradict values, one feels conflicted and remorseful.
Criteria for Assessing Core Values
- A core value must be: • Freely chosen from alternatives after consideration and thought. • Prized, cherished, and considered precious, and publicly affirmed when appropriate. • Acted upon consistently, modeled for others, and pursued even when there are consequences.
Identifying Core Values
- Core values are personal beliefs and guiding principles that shape daily life, interests, and passions.
- They serve as a compass for making decisions and choices.
- Identifying personal values helps plan for:
- Academic goals
- Career goals
- Financial goals
- Time management
- Money management
Importance of Core Values
- Values are fundamentally important in personal and professional life.
- They influence interactions with others, priorities, and choices.
- Values are used to judge oneself and others.
- When actions align with values, they bring peace, even with negative outcomes.
- When actions contradict values, they bring conflict and remorse.
Assessing Core Values
- A core value must meet three criteria:
- Freely chosen from alternatives after consideration and thought.
- Prized, cherished, and publicly affirmed when appropriate.
- Acted upon consistently, modeled for others, and pursued despite consequences.
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Discover your personal values, the guiding principles that shape your decisions, goals, and passions. Learn how identifying your values helps you plan for academic, career, and financial success in college.