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com
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ValueBasedMotivation
Whatsimportanttoyou?Love,Loyalty,Creativity,Adventure,Health,Family,Learning,Courage?
Howdoyoustrengthenthemanddesignyourlifearoundwhatsimportanttoyou?
Thisvaluesauditprocessusesverbalpromptsandkeywordstodefineandestablishkeybeliefs
relatedtowhatsimportantanddesirabletoyou,toaffirmyourcommitment,toigniteyourmotivation,
andtopropelyouintoaction.

Value:

isimportantanddesirable.
Whatisacorevaluethatisimportantforyoutoestablishorstrengthen?

becauseI

Whyisitdesirableandappropriatetohavethisasavalue?

thereforeI

Whatisabehavioralconsequenceofhavingthisvalue?

wheneverI

Whatisakeysituationorconditionrelatingtothisvalue?

sothatI

Whatisthepositivepurposeofthisvalue?

ifI

Whatconstraintsorresultsrelatetothisvalue?

*althoughI

Whatalternativesorconstraintsaretherewithrespecttothisvalue?

inthesamewaythatI

Whatisasimilarvaluethatyoualreadyhave?

Afteryouhavefinishedfillingineachstatement,readeachoftheentries,deletethepromptwordsand
beginningwiththewordI(theexceptionisthewordalthough;itisimportanttoretaintheword
althoughorthatparticularresponsewillappearnegative.)

Noticewhathaschangedandbeenstrengthened.
1 AdaptedfromSleightofMouthbyRobertDilts(1999)

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Example:Health

HealthisimportantanddesirablebecauseIneedstrengthandenergyinordertocreateandsurvive.
HealthisimportantanddesirablethereforeIwillbegintheappropriatestepstotakecareofmyself.
HealthisimportantanddesirablewheneverIwanttobepreparedforthefuture.
HealthisimportantisdesirablesothatIcanenjoymyselfandbeagoodrolemodelforothers.
HealthisimportantisdesirableifIwanttobehappyandproductive.
Healthisimportantisdesirable*althoughIhaveothergoalsandresponsibilitytobefulfilled.
HealthisimportantisdesirableinthesamewaythatIneedthenecessaryfoundationsandresourcesto
reachmydreams.

Readeachoftheentriesdeletingthepromptwords,withtheexceptionof*although:

Healthisimportantanddesirable.Ineedstrengthandenergyinordertocreateandsurvive.Iwill
begintheappropriatestepstotakecareofmyself.Iwanttobepreparedforthefuture.Icanenjoy
myselfandbeagoodrolemodelforothers.Iwanttobehappyandproductive.AlthoughIhaveother
goalsandresponsibilitytobefulfilled,Ineedthenecessaryfoundationsandresourcestoreachmy
dreams.

Theparagraphdefineselementsofapathwayforexpressingthevalues,providesmotivation,andeven
addressespossibleobjections.Becausethegroupofstatementsidentifyamultiplicityofreasons(or
causes)andputsthemintowords,itbecomesapowerfulsourceofpositiveaffirmations.Itprovidesan
overallexplanationjustifyingcommitmenttothevalue.Italsoprovidesarichsourceofideasfor
addressingdoubts.

2 AdaptedfromSleightofMouthbyRobertDilts(1999)