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ACTIVATING YOUR VALUES
tools and inspiration

Get access to my newest resource on personal values: 

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The Guide to Your Values, Not Theirs
Part 1: Foundation

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...and be on the lookout for 3 more guides focused on values and well-being, the origins of values, and activating values. 

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Understand your values, and they will guide your decision-making,  increase your fulfillment, and improve your mental well-being.

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Values are what make up our own internal compass and represent our unique judgment of what is important in our life. They are not imposed by the outside world. They come from within us; often they are influenced by our life experiences, our elders, and our current circumstances. 
 

As a leadership coach, mother, friend and colleague, I have become a scholar of understanding what motivates me and crafting a life around my values. I'm learning every day and constantly iterating on this theme for myself and my coaching clients.

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What I've learned so far is powerful. 


Research shows that we talk about our values more than we act on them, and when there's a significant gap between actions and values, our well-being suffers; this means a higher likelihood of depression and anxiety, and lower overall satisfaction with life. 

 

You benefit most from your values when you are acting on them. 

 

The world needs you to "play big", not "play small".
Activating your values is how you do it.
 

If this intrigues you as much as it does me, then please join me on this journey.​​​

Start with The Guide to Your Values, Not Theirs. 

Forest Trees

from Louise Altman’s LIVING YOUR VALUES AT WORK

Why should our values matter to us?  Because our values are one of the most potent forces in our lives. These intangibles motivate and drive us in our work.  They inform all of our decisions. Along with our beliefs and feelings, values form our internal map of reality. Our values are powerful because they supply our work (and everything else in our lives) with meaning. Real meaning. Meaning that has purpose and depth that reflects who we are in the world.  Without them, we get attached (some might say – fixated) to external motivators and rewards.
 

Without a strong sense of our values guiding and supporting us, we can also get caught up in other people’s values – spouses, colleagues, partners, families, cultures. There is nothing wrong with that except that without awareness of how to recognize and satisfy our own core values, we can lose our way and find ourselves working in the service of someone else’s causes and goals.
 

It’s easy to be cynical about using words and calling them values. But values – real values – are fundamental to our purpose as human beings. When we consciously choose to understand them – and the behaviors they drive – a whole range of new choices can open to us.    

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