Like a tree’s root system, a person’s core values are essential to their well-being. The way we are and the people we are being shaped by them. We can’t know who we are or what we want from life if we don’t have values to guide us. Developing a personal value system is a critical first step in the personal development process. For your convenience, I’ve compiled a list of over 500 core values that I found online. Leaders and inspiring people use these values.
There are 115 core values that I narrowed down for this page. I went through the list I had made and deleted any duplicates that I could find. As an illustration, the words “adventure” and “adventurous” are interchangeable nouns. The lists I found were clogged with these kinds of duplicates. I also omitted anything that wasn’t necessary. I came across values like “fashion” and “profits,” for example. To be honest, I have no idea. As a result, I omitted any and all words that were unnecessary. The following 115 core values are the result of this research.
In my own life, I adhere to a set of eight principles (read about them here). I intend to reduce the number to five or six. But if you prefer, you can have even fewer. In my opinion, we can’t remember more than eight values.
The 115 core values.
Accomplishment       Accountability        Adventurous
Aggressiveness         Altruism             Ambition
Appreciation           Assertiveness         Attentiveness
Awareness             Boldness             Calmness
Caring                 Cheerful             Commitment
Community            Confidence           Consistency
Contribution           Courage             Craftsmanship
Creativity               Credibility           Curiosity
Decisiveness            Determination       Directness
Discipline               Discovery            Diversity
Dominance              Empathy            Empowering
Enjoyment              Excellence           Fairness
Faithfulness             Family              Fearlessness
Flexibility               Freedom             Friendship
Frugality                Generosity           Gratitude
Greatness               Growth              Happiness
Health                  Honesty              Humility
Improvement            Independence        Innovation
Integrity                 Leadership           Learning
Listening                Longevity             Love
Loyalty                  Mindfulness          Openness
Optimism                Originality            Passion
Patience                 Perfection             Persistence
Playfulness               Pleasantness          Pragmatic
Proactive                 Productivity           Progress
Prosperity                Relaxation            Reliability
Resilience                Resourcefulness       Respectfulness
Responsibility            Restraint              Risk-Taking
Selfless                   Self-Reliance           Sensitivity
Sharing                  Silence                Silliness
Simplicity                Smart                 Solitude
Spirituality               Spontaneous           Stability
Strength                  Sustainability          Sympathy
Thoughtful               Tolerance            Toughness
Tranquillity              Transparency         Trustworthy
Truthfulness             Understanding        Uniqueness
Usefulness                Victorious            Vitality
Warmth                  Welcoming           Wilfulness
Winning
Sadly, I was unable to include all of the information. People will always ask, “Why doesn’t so-and-so appear on this list?” I don’t care what you think. It’s important to note that this is by no means an exhaustive list. However, I do hope that it served as motivation for you to get started.
I think that’s what really matters. It will be possible to keep reducing your list as you discover more and more of your core values as you go through this process. It’s a procedure that takes time to complete. That is the most important aspect of his workout to me. Think about your values and you’ll learn more about who you are.
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