‘I want to do something that makes a difference.’
When you think about choices for your future, whether you know it or not, you’ll be influenced by your values. These are qualities that you consider to be significant guides for how to behave, for example respect, courage and trust.
What are your priority values?
Have a think about the motivators below and make a note of ten that are important to you. If you think there are any missing you can put those on your list instead.
Then take only five of your choices and put them in order from most important to least to see what is most important to you.
- Money
- Advancement
- Leadership
- Job satisfaction
- Family
- Holidays
- Earning own money
- Commitment
- Security
- Rewards
- Make my own decisions
- Social contribution
- Make new friends
- Career progression
- Independence
- Benefits
- New skills
- Travel
- Buy things
- Challenge
- Creativity
- Variety
- Freedom
- Helping others
- Community
- Workmates
- Friends
- Status
- Fun
- Experiment
- Honesty
- Learning
- Respect
- Generosity
- Courage
How does this help me with choices for the future?
Although it’s a very simple exercise, you can use these to see what is important to you and what your value priorities are. This will help you make choices that matter to you. For example, if freedom, travel, community and helping others come up on your list, maybe you’d be happy helping other people overseas.