{"id":14791,"date":"2021-05-20T13:24:33","date_gmt":"2021-05-20T18:24:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.mindvalley.com\/blog\/"},"modified":"2025-09-26T12:02:28","modified_gmt":"2025-09-26T17:02:28","slug":"values-and-beliefs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.mindvalley.com\/coach\/blog\/values-and-beliefs\/","title":{"rendered":"Discover your values and beliefs in 3 easy-to-follow steps"},"content":{"rendered":"

The first time I thought about values and beliefs was in my early 20s.<\/p>\n

I was sitting in a large conference room with other students circling words like \u2018relationships,\u2019 \u2018love,\u2019 and \u2018freedom\u2019 on a rather uneventful piece of paper. I don\u2019t remember which values I chose back then. And because I forgot, I remember repeating this exercise again and again over the years because I believed it was important.<\/p>\n

I failed. My real values remained hidden, and so I kept asking myself what I really wanted and what I was actually great at. The question of \u2018What\u00a0do you want to do with your life?<\/em>\u2019 seemed to be the one I would circle back to every single time I thought about values.<\/p>\n

Beliefs were different. It took me a great deal longer to see them. As it turned out, my beliefs were the underlying wheels of the clockwork machinery that happened to be the creation of my life. And so the question that came with my beliefs was always, \u2018why do you experience what you experience?<\/em>\u2019<\/p>\n

Beliefs would give me context as to the reasons for my current living reality and how I\u2019ve created it. Why I had not been able to help my parents consolidate their fights. Why every time I argued with my mother I was doing more damage than actually helping. Why none of my romantic relationships had been working until my mid-20s.<\/p>\n

I mention the questions because I want to remind you that you, too, are not here to find the answers. You\u2019re here to find a better question to live into\u2026<\/p>\n

Q1:\u00a0What do you want to do with your life? = Values<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

Q2:\u00a0Why do you experience what you experience? = Beliefs<\/em><\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n

In this article, I want to help you understand your values and beliefs right. I want to help define your values and see your beliefs as clear as your hand in front of you.<\/p>\n

Because once you do\u2026\u00a0oh my, the results will be unbelievable.<\/em><\/p>\n

What are values?<\/h2>\n

Let\u2019s do values first. It\u2019s important to get values right because when you do, you\u2019ll never again wonder what \u2018job\u2019 to go for in your life. You\u2019ll never wonder again \u2018what type of client\u2019 you want to help most. Decision-making will become so easy that it may just take a second.<\/p>\n

I say this because the moment I got my values right, I fell in love with them. So much so that I got myself a wristband designed for it. I started living them.<\/p>\n

Our core values are our guiding light\u2014they help us make decisions, take action, and create a life of meaning and purpose. They provide the clarity and direction in our lives. The more you understand and honor your personal values, the easier it is to follow the path towards your dream life and career.<\/p>\n

One day I asked myself, what if I lived these values fully?<\/em>\u00a0What would my life look like?<\/em><\/p>\n

My answer turned into one year of traveling to 10+ countries, falling in love every single month, and doubling my work performance while cutting my working hours in half. I created my first online program, I met my future wife, and all these things I once thought would take me 30 years to achieve.<\/p>\n

So, are you ready to find your values and flip your life around like me?<\/p>\n

How to define your core values<\/h2>\n

The first step in defining your values is easy. For now, I\u2019ll use the freely available material on the internet, like Bren\u00e9 Brown\u2019s values list<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Step 1<\/h3>\n
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  1. Go through the values list below.<\/span><\/li>\n
  2. W<\/span>rite down the 10 words that resonate most with you. Feel free to add any value that is important to you, even if it’s not in the provided list.<\/span><\/li>\n
  3. Once you have them, eliminate five of those 10 that you can do without if you have to. Ask yourself: If I had to remove one value from this list, which one would it be?<\/em> Repeat this exercise until only five are left.<\/span>\n