How To Line Up Your Success With Your Values
An internal values check is where you consider your goals and how you feel about the consequences they may have in your life. When you think about what you want in your life, it is very important to listen to your intuition. If there is no harmony between your intuition and your actions, it may mean that you are acting on the wrong principles or that you are chasing the wrong goals.
To check any goal against your personal values, ask yourself these questions:
What might be the upside consequences of my actions? What might be the downside consequences of my actions? What extra will I have do to achieve my goal? How much will it cost in terms of time and resources? Is it worth the price? What do I like about my current situation? How can I keep the aspects of my life that I like while I make the change?
You might also want to consider whether your goal meets the values of your family and close personal relationships. You wouldn’t want to be halfway through the achievement of something that is important to you, only to find that you then lose a close friend or family member because they don’t agree with what you’re doing. On the other hand, sometimes you might not want to worry about what everyone else thinks.
To check how your goal might affect other people in your life, ask yourself these questions:
How will this change affect my loved ones? Does it go against any of their values? How will they react?
Once you feel secure about a new decision, and you have weighed up what it will cost you in terms of time, resources and relationships, only then are you ready to go for the goal.
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