Your Values drive your behaviour when you're not aware of it. Get to know them.

This exercise helps you uncover the personal and professional values that guide your behaviour and influence your choices, often without you even realising. It’s designed to bring clarity when you feel stuck, unmotivated, or out of alignment.

The truth is: the best decision is always the one that honours your nature. When you align your actions with your values, you bring who you are into what you do, and that’s when fulfilment happens.

Use this as a compass. Not once, but every time you’re at a crossroads.

Professional Values (Workplace)

Accountability, Achievement, Adaptability, Autonomy, Challenging, Creativity, Dependability & Responsibility, Feeling respected, Having time off work, Helping others, High quality standard, Honest & constructive feedback, Honesty and Integrity, Human vs business leadership, Learning and development, Living abroad, Loyalty, Making a difference, Openness and transparency, Orientation to detail, Positivity, Possessing a Positive Attitude, Professionalism, Punctuality, Recognition, Reliability, Respect, Setting your own hours, Strong Work Ethic, Taking risks, Team spirit, Tolerance, Traveling for work, Variety, Working in a big city

Personal Values


A

Abundance, Acceptance, Accessibility, Accomplishment, Accountability, Accuracy, Achievement, Acknowledgement, Activeness, Adaptability, Adoration, Art, Advancement, Adventure, Affection, Affluence, Aggressiveness, Agility, Alertness, Altruism, Amazement, Ambition, Amusement, Anticipation, Appreciation, Approachability, Approval, Assertiveness, Assurance, Attentiveness, Attractiveness, Audacity, Awareness

B

Balance, Beauty, Being the best, Belonging, Benevolence, Boldness, Bravery, Brilliance

C

Calmness, Camaraderie, Capability, Care, Carefulness, Celebrity, Certainty, Challenge, Change, Charity, Charm, Chastity, Cheerfulness, Clarity, Cleanliness, Clear-mindedness, Cleverness, Closeness, Comfort, Commitment, Community, Compassion, Competence, Competition, Composure, Congruency, Connection, Consciousness, Conservation, Consistency, Contentment, Continuity, Contribution, Control, Conviction, Conviviality, Coolness, Cooperation, Cordiality, Correctness, Courtesy, Courage, Creativity, Craftiness, Credibility, Curiosity

D

Daring, Decisiveness, Decorum, Deference, Delight, Dependability, Depth, Desire, Determination, Devotion, Devoutness, Dignity, Diligence, Direction, Directness, Discipline, Discovery, Discretion, Diversity, Dominance, Dreaming, Drive, Duty, Dynamism

E

Eagerness, Ease, Economy, Education, Effectiveness, Efficiency, Elation, Elegance, Empathy, Encouragement, Endurance, Energy, Entertainment, Enthusiasm, Environmentalism, Ethics, Excellence, Exploration, Expertise, Expressiveness, Extroversion, Extravagant

F

Fairness, Faith, Fame, Family, Fashion, Fearlessness, Feeling respected, Fidelity, Fierceness, Financial independence, Firmness, Fitness, Flexibility, Flow, Focus, Fortitude, Frankness, Freedom, Friendliness, Friendship, Frugality, Fun

G

Gallantry, Generosity, Giving, Grace, Gratitude, Gregariousness, Growth, Guidance

H

Happiness, Harmony, Health, Heart, Helpfulness, Heroism, Holiness, Honesty, Honest & constructive feedback, Honour, Hopefulness, Hospitality, Humility, Humour, Human vs business leadership, Hygiene

I

Imagination, Impact, Impartiality, Independence, Individuality, Influence, Ingenuity, Insightfulness, Inspiration, Integrity, Intellect, Intelligence, Intensity, Intimacy, Introspection, Inventiveness, Inquisitiveness, Introversion, Intuition, Investing

J, K, L

Judiciousness, Justice, Kindness, Knowledge, Leadership, Learning, Liberty, Lightness, Liveliness, Living abroad, Logic, Longevity, Love, Loyalty

M, N, O

Making a difference, Marriage, Mastery, Maturity, Meaning, Meticulousness, Mindfulness, Modesty, Motivation, Mysteriousness, Nature, Neatness, Non-conformity, Obedience, Open-mindedness, Openness, Optimism, Order, Organisation, Originality, Outdoors

P, Q

Partnership, Passion, Patience, Peace, Perfection, Perseverance, Persistence, Persuasiveness, Philanthropy, Piety, Playfulness, Pleasure, Poise, Popularity, Possessing a Positive Attitude, Potency, Power, Practicality, Pragmatism, Precision, Preparedness, Presence, Pride, Privacy, Proactivity, Professionalism, Prosperity, Prudence, Punctuality, Purity, Quality

R

Rationality, Realism, Reason, Reasonableness, Recognition, Reflection, Refinement, Reliability, Religiousness, Reputation, Resolve, Resolution, Resourcefulness, Respect, Rest, Reverence, Richness, Rigour, Responsibility

S

Sacredness, Sacrifice, Sagacity, Sanguinity, Satisfaction, Security, Self-control, Self-discipline, Selflessness, Self-reliance, Self-respect, Sensitivity, Sensuality, Serenity, Sexiness, Sexuality, Sharing, Significance, Silence, Simplicity, Sincerity, Skilfulness, Solidarity, Solitude, Sophistication, Spirit, Spirituality, Spontaneity, Stability, Status, Stillness, Strength, Structure, Success, Support, Supremacy, Surprise, Sympathy, Synergy

T, U

Taking risks, Teaching, Team spirit, Teamwork, Temperance, Thankfulness, Thoroughness, Thoughtfulness, Tidiness, Tolerance, Tranquillity, Travel for work, Trust, Trustworthiness, Truth, Traditionalism, Understanding, Uniqueness, Unity, Usefulness

V, W, Z

Valour, Variety, Victory, Virtue, Vision, Vitality, Vivacity, Volunteering, Warm-heartedness, Warmth, Wealth, Wilfulness, Willingness, Winning, Wisdom, Wittiness, Wonder, Worthiness, Working in a big city, Youthfulness, Zeal

Do a Small Inspired Action Today to Cultivate Your Best Self

Read. Reflect. Act. Repeat.
☕ Highly recommended with your morning coffee.

get the NEWSLETTER

The Shift

Brain Fuel for Leaders

You don’t need more theory, you need tools that work: in real meetings, under real pressure, with real people. Each edition delivers:

  • One brain-based shift I use with execs at Google, Amex, and J&J
  • A tool or insight you can apply immediately
  • Practical neuroscience that sharpens how you lead

No one else is teaching leadership this way.

👉 Sign up to leverage your brain and lead smarter

As usual, no fluff, no spam. Just practical tools that work. Only twice a month.

>