The hosts discuss the significance of values, exploring different areas in life where they can be applied. They emphasize the role of curiosity in personal and professional growth. They also highlight how values play a crucial role in decision-making, resolving conflicts, and finding personal essence. They examine the challenges of aligning values in the workplace and the sacrifices it may involve.
Understanding personal values can provide clarity and guidance in decision making.
Embodying values within a team fosters trust, appreciation, and collaboration.
Living by personal values brings a sense of purpose and helps navigate through challenging periods.
Deep dives
The Importance of Values in Decision Making and Alignment
Values play a crucial role in decision making and living a life aligned with one's core beliefs and desires. When faced with difficult choices or transitions, understanding one's values can provide a clear direction and guide. Values help prioritize what is truly important and bring clarity to the decision-making process. By identifying and living by their values, individuals can make choices that align with their authentic selves and decrease feelings of regret.
The Power of Values in Collaboration and Team Dynamics
Values are not only relevant on an individual level but also play a significant role in collaborations and team dynamics. When individuals embody their values and understand the values of others, it fosters trust, appreciation, and understanding within the team. Different values within a team can bring diverse perspectives and complementary strengths, paving the way for innovation, collaboration, and a more harmonious working environment.
Value-based Decision Making in Contexts of Uncertainty
During times of transition and uncertainty, values act as an anchor and guide individuals in decision making. When faced with unknown outcomes, understanding personal values can help individuals focus on how they want to show up and what is most important to them. Living by one's values provides a sense of purpose and helps navigate through challenging periods by choosing actions that align with personal beliefs and desires.
Compartmentalization and adapting to situations
In situations where individuals cannot fully embody their values, they often compartmentalize and adapt to the requirements of the job or situation. This allows them to separate their personal values from the professional or external expectations. While compartmentalization can help navigate these situations, it is important to consider the overall satisfaction and alignment with personal values in the long run. If the job or situation becomes outright unbearable, it may be worth exploring alternative career paths or opportunities that better align with one's values.
The challenge of living a values-aligned life
Living a values-aligned life is a long-term journey that requires ongoing awareness and self-examination. It is an orientation rather than a specific destination, as values evolve and change over time. Striving for a values-aligned life entails being aware of the trade-offs and risks involved. It may mean making sacrifices and embracing struggles, as not everything will be guaranteed or easy. However, by choosing a path that aligns with personal values, individuals have the opportunity to live a more fulfilling and authentic life, free from regrets and a sense of unfulfillment.
What are values? What is the advantage of identifying them? How can they help us make better decisions? Improve our relationships?
Join executive leadership & career coach Rikki Goldenberg, conscious leadership coach Justin Mulvaney, and licensed clinical psychologist turned creator coach Corey Wilks as they discuss all that and more in Episode 5 of No Clear answers on Values.
0:00 Cold Open 1:00 Show Intro 2:11 Our resident Psychologist explains Values 7:08 Justin and Rikki’s take on Values 10:31 How values how come in use in our lives 20:47 A common way to explore values (in Justin’s story) 24:44 What to do when our values appear to conflict 31:18 Tips for Identifying your Values 35:37 False Dichotomies and Balancing Values 38:15 Using values to improve team and relationship dynamics 50:42 Values in Hardship 53:40 Using Regret (or a lack of it) to Identify values 56:17 Values vs Essence 1:01:33 When your environment doesn’t support values-alignment 1:06:52 Values-aligned living will require risk 1:10:44 Wrapup
Corey's Value Sort: https://www.creatoralchemy.com/values-audit-card-sort
Learn more about the hosts: https://www.rikkigoldenberg.com/ https://justinmulvaney.com/ https://coreywilkspsyd.com/
Intro Music Credit: http://www.aaronwaltersmusic.com/
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