Values are what you want your life to stand for: honesty, family, growth, freedom. They are different from goals. A goal can be finished; a value is a direction you keep walking in.
Hard decisions are often hard because two values pull in different directions — security and adventure, family and career. Naming the values in conflict does not make the choice easy, but it makes it clear.
Turning values into choices
- Pick your top three values with the values sorter.
- For a decision, list which values each option serves and which it costs.
- Use the decision helper with your values as criteria, weighted by importance.
- Choose the option you would be proud to explain in a year, even if it is not the comfortable one.