Tap Personal Values Alicia D Smith alicia smithsouthmountaincc

Tap Personal Values Alicia D. Smith alicia. smith@southmountaincc. edu

• • Personal or Core values - your fundamental beliefs, the principles or ideas that are important to you, what you stand up for and support.

“If you don't stand for something, you'll fall for anything. ”

There a myriad of values inventories

• Instead or using a ready made inventory, let’s look at and reflect on personal events and experiences to identify some of your core personal values

Peak Experiences • Think about a meaningful moment—peak experience—in your personal or career life – What was happening to you? – What was going on? ~Then~ • Think about – What values you were honoring at that time? Scott Jeffery, personal coach and advisor https: //scottjeffrey. com/

Staying True to Core Personal Values • Strategies to remind myself of my core personal values & that help me to claim my calm, especially during transitional turmoil: – affirmations – visual images – music – meditating moments – African oils, incense and scented body products – Green tea, organic tea, aromatic tea