peaname
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Post by peaname on Feb 2, 2021 2:09:29 GMT
I just finished Brene Brown’s book Dare to Lead and she has a section on core values and you identify two or three (because if you have more than that they aren’t core values they’re too diluted) here is the list: List of Diversity Environment Efficiency Equality Ethics Excellence Fairness Faith Family Financial stability Forgiveness Freedom Friendship Fun Future generations Generosity Giving back Grace Gratitude Growth Harmony Health Home Honesty Hope Humility Humor Inclusion Independence Initiative Integrity Intuition Job security Joy Justice Kindness Knowledge Leadership Learning Legacy Leisure Love Loyalty Making a difference Nature Openness Optimism Order Parenting Patience Patriotism Peace Perseverance Personal fulfillment Power Pride Recognition Reliability Resourcefulness Respect Responsibility Risk -taking Safety Security Self-discipline Self-expression Self-respect Serenity Service Simplicity Spirituality Sportsmanship Stewardship Success Teamwork Thrift Time Tradition Travel Trust Truth Understanding Uniqueness Usefulness Vision Vulnerability Wealth Well-being Wholeheartedness Wisdom Write your own: VALUES Accountability Achievement Adaptability Adventure Altruism Ambition Authenticity Balance Beauty Being the best Belonging Career Caring Collaboration Commitment Community Compassion Competence Confidence Connection Contentment Contribution Cooperation Courage Creativity Curiosity Dignity Copyright © 2019 by Brené Brown, LLC | All rights reserved | www.brenebrown.com/daretolead1/1 Care to share yours? One if mine is kindness and after identifying it I’ve managed to send an apology card to a friend I treated badly over ten years ago and on several occasions made decisions to treat others kindly simply because I have been focusing on it. |
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Post by lisae on Feb 2, 2021 2:32:01 GMT
I read a Ken Blanchard book in the 90's that had you discover your values. I've done other exercises and mine have stayed mostly consistent:
Accomplishment
Independence
Creativity
Responsibility (which is one I wish I didn't have)
and one that was added in a later exercise "Beauty."
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Post by paget on Feb 2, 2021 3:05:23 GMT
Compassion
Competence
Joy
(Just did a similar exercise today a work)
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Post by peano on Feb 2, 2021 3:23:01 GMT
Truth
Gratitude
Growth
Humor
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MorningPerson
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Post by MorningPerson on Feb 2, 2021 3:35:34 GMT
family
integrity
kindness
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luckyjune
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Post by luckyjune on Feb 2, 2021 3:53:57 GMT
Fairness, Kindness, Inclusion, Trust
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Post by ModChick on Feb 2, 2021 4:51:30 GMT
Family
Gratitude
Optimism
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Post by MichyM on Feb 2, 2021 6:02:09 GMT
Harmony, honesty, kindness.
i would have liked to have seen my answers to this once a decade over the past 40 years.
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peaname
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Post by peaname on Feb 2, 2021 15:45:05 GMT
Harmony, honesty, kindness. i would have liked to have seen my answers to this once a decade over the past 40 years. Me too! I was a bitch. |
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Post by flanz on Feb 2, 2021 18:40:51 GMT
I love Brene Brown, but I'm not sure you can only have 3 core values.
In no particular order, and limiting it to 5, mine are:
Equity (not the same as equality)
Justice (which includes compassion, by default, in my mind)
Authenticity (which in my mind includes honesty and openness)
Making a Difference
Connection
So many more.. but I'll limit it to these 5.
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Post by lisacharlotte on Feb 2, 2021 22:12:20 GMT
Brene Brown always reminds me of the self help guru on Sex And The City that Charlotte dragged Carrie to. A bunch of words that end up meaning nothing.
ETA: I apologize, I shouldn’t be crapping on BB in this thread. She’s on of my few BECs.
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Post by cindytred on Feb 2, 2021 23:19:50 GMT
I love Brene Brown. Here are mine:
Gratitude, independence, peace, and creativity
Cindy
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Post by peabay on Feb 2, 2021 23:23:36 GMT
Humor
Health
Parenting
Optimism
Knowledge/Learning
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Post by lesserknownpea on Feb 3, 2021 6:55:08 GMT
Justice
Creativity
Peace
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Post by Deleted on Feb 3, 2021 7:31:33 GMT
Gratitude, Family, Equity
I've read several of her books and appreciate her frank approach to some of the things we like to avoid in life, like shame and imperfection.
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Post by Legacy Girl on Feb 3, 2021 7:43:31 GMT
Interesting thoughts to ponder. Thanks for posting, OP. I'll come back when I've given it more time to percolate.  |
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Post by jeremysgirl on Feb 3, 2021 12:03:51 GMT
I really had to think about this and I think mine are authenticity, optimism, perseverance.
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Post by J u l e e on Feb 3, 2021 12:07:35 GMT
How on earth are you guys narrowing it down to three or four? Serious question. Is there an activity you go through to help you sort through them? Or am I just scattered and diluted? 😩
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Post by jeremysgirl on Feb 3, 2021 12:52:16 GMT
How on earth are you guys narrowing it down to three or four? I read this post yesterday and I had to really sit and think about it. I thought about my thoughts and my behavior. I thought about my goals and my successes. And I chose based on thinking about those things. |
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Post by tallgirl on Feb 3, 2021 13:39:03 GMT
I've been including a core values statement on my personal development plan at work for the last several years - it keeps me focused on what I look for in a job (it's less about title/pay and more about my employee experience):
Problem solving, collaboration, staying grounded, having fun.
If I can achieve those 4 things in the course of my work, then I tend to enjoy my job.
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Post by peano on Feb 3, 2021 15:38:54 GMT
How on earth are you guys narrowing it down to three or four? Serious question. Is there an activity you go through to help you sort through them? Or am I just scattered and diluted? 😩 Yes! I had the same thoughts. I guess I looked at them strictly as what has been most crucial to my growth and that my qualities were “root” qualities that had offshoot qualities. Gratitude automatically invokes humility, kindness, service, love. Truth invokes honor and integrity, etc. |
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Post by pierogi on Feb 3, 2021 16:38:45 GMT
Creativity
Justice
Hope
Humor
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Post by refugeepea on Feb 3, 2021 17:07:41 GMT
Personally, it is not possible for me to maintain a set of core values for an entire lifetime. My values change as life changes. There's also some values that come automatically for me, so having more than three wouldn't fell diluted for me. I don't know if that makes sense.
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Post by flanz on Feb 3, 2021 22:48:05 GMT
Personally, it is not possible for me to maintain a set of core values for an entire lifetime. My values change as life changes. There's also some values that come automatically for me, so having more than three wouldn't fell diluted for me. I don't know if that makes sense.
YES! Same for me. |
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