What Are Your Top 5 Values?
- Sep 10, 2025
- 2 min read

Have you ever asked yourself: What do I truly value?
When we don’t know our deepest values, we end up chasing someone else’s version of success - titles, money, recognition - only to feel restless and unfulfilled. But when we take the time to identify our top values, something powerful happens: we gain a personal compass.
That compass steadies us in moments of uncertainty. When we come across conflicting decisions, our committed values can help us say no with clarity and yes with conviction.
They anchor us in presence instead of distraction where we lead purposefully instead of autopilot. They give us the power to lead, not from ego, fear or desire to please others, but from alignment with what matters most.
When you know your values, you no longer just live life. You begin to lead it!
Take a few minutes now to read through the list below and identify your Top 5 values.
Don’t try to get it perfect, just start and name a bunch. You can always iterate on these in the coming days and weeks.
Accountability Achievement Adaptability Adventure Altruism Ambition Authenticity Balance Beauty Being the best Belonging Career Caring Collaboration Commitment Community Compassion Competence Confidence Connection Contentment Contribution Cooperation Courage Creativity Curiosity Dignity Diversity Environment Efficiency Equality Ethics Excellence Fairness Faith Family Financial stability Forgiveness Freedom Friendship | Fun Future generations Generosity Giving back Grace Gratitude Growth Harmony Health Home Honesty Hope Humility Humor Inclusion Independence Initiative Integrity Intuition Job security Joy Justice Kindness Knowledge Leadership Learning Legacy Leisure Love Loyalty Making a difference Nature Openness Optimism Order Parenting Patience Patriotism Peace Perseverance | Personal fulfillment Power Pride Recognition Reliability Resourcefulness Respect Responsibility Risk-taking Safety Security Self-discipline Self-expression Self-respect Serenity Service Simplicity Spirituality Sportsmanship Stewardship Success Teamwork Thrift Time Tradition Travel Trust Truth Understanding Uniqueness Usefulness Vision Vulnerability Wealth Well-being Wholeheartedness Wisdom Write your own: |



Here are the Top 5 values I strive to live by:
Integrity / Authenticity / Truth - High integrity, courage to speak truth with respect and compassion
Growth - becoming a better version of myself on a daily basis
Service to Life - contribute to life and leave people, places and things better than I found them
Love - show up with love and compassion for myself and others even when it’s difficult
Celebrate - Live in the present, enjoy the journey, celebrate life!