Key Points
Identifying and understanding your values is a challenging and important exercise. Your values are a central part of who you are – and who you want to be. By becoming more aware of these important factors in your life, you can use them as a guide to make the best choice in any situation.
Some of life's decisions are really about determining what you value most. When many options seem reasonable, it's helpful and comforting to rely on your values – and use them as a strong guiding force to point you in the right direction.
Finally, your values are one of the elements by which your superiors, subordinates, and colleagues evaluate you as a leader, manager, and person. This is one area where you clearly want perception and reality to reflect congruent, and positive, characteristics.
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Editor’s Note: There are many resources for the tools and techniques presented in this series of articles. A few examples follow:
Learn Out Loud:
http://www.learnoutloud.com/Free-Audio-Video/Self-Development
Business Balls:
http://www.businessballs.com/
Project Management Guru:
http://www.projectmanagementguru.com/index.html
Mind Tools:
http://www.mindtools.com
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