You make daily choices to work towards a goal.

Smaller goals guide your days, while long-term goals

guide months and years of your life. All of those goals are based on your core values, which determine the
rules you live by.

Those rules are known as your personal philosophies. Some of these philosophies may be tied to your
religion or culture, but philosophies vary from person to person even within those frameworks.

You can base your personal philosophy on the following questions:

What are you passionate about? Or what inspires you?

How would you describe your ideal life?
What elements or values do your passions and ideal life have in common?
What habits do you have that relate to those values?
How would you sum up your goals and outlook on life, using these values?
How to Create Your Personal Philosophy
Now you have a general idea of what it is, how do you write a personal philosophy?

We’ve outlined a few steps to help you if you don’t know where to start.

Start with a list of 10 to 20 personal values.

Narrow down your list to 3 to 5 core values.

Think about why each of these values is so important to you.

For each one, write about how you put those values into daily practice.
Connect each value to your long-term goals and aspirations.
Write a few sentences about how these values define and guide you.
Condense those into one sentence that sums up your primary motivation.
If you’d like some help identifying your values, look at our extensive list of 400 value words.