Step 1: What I Value Most...

From this list of values (both work and personal), select the fifteen (15) that are
most important to you-as guides for how to behave, or as components of a valued
way of life. Feel free to add any values of your own to this list. 

Achievement Friendships Physical challenge

Advancement and Growth Pleasure and enjoyment
promotion
Adventure Having a family Power and authority
Love and care Helping other Privacy
people
Arts Helping society Public service
Challenging problems Honesty Purity
Change and variety Independence Quality of life 
Close relationships Influencing others Good relationships
Community Service Inner harmony Recognition (respect from others,
status)
Competence Integrity Religion
Competition Intellectual status Reputation
Cooperation Involvement Responsibility and accountability
Comfort Job tranquility Security
Creativity Knowledge Self-respect
Decisiveness Leadership Serenity
Developing others Location Sophistication
Ecological awareness Loyalty Stability
Economic security Market position Status
Effectiveness Meaningful work Leading others
Efficiency Merit Time freedom
Ethical practice Money Truth
Excellence Nature Wealth
Excitement Good friends  Wisdom
Fame Stability in life Work under pressure
Fast living Personal Work with others
development
Financial gain Freedom Working alone
 
Step 2: Elimination 
Now that you have identified 15, imagine that you are only permitted to have ten
(10 values). Which five would you give up? Cross them off. 
Step 3: Core values
Now imagine that you are only permitted five. Which ones would you give up? Cross
it off.
To help come up with your core values, put your values through this test: 
1. Are there examples of you living the values and suffering some cost for doing
so?
2. If circumstances changed and you were penalized for holding this value,
would you keep it? 
3. Are these the values you would pass onto your children?