What are values?What are values?

What you consider most important in What you consider most important in lifelife

Qualities, characteristics or ideas Qualities, characteristics or ideas about which we feel stronglyabout which we feel strongly

Our values affect our decisions, Our values affect our decisions, goals and behaviourgoals and behaviour

Values guide your actions, Values guide your actions, judgements and attitudesjudgements and attitudes

You have been given a check for You have been given a check for $1000.00 to do whatever you like $1000.00 to do whatever you like with it. What would you do with with it. What would you do with it?it?

What you spend the money on What you spend the money on has everything to do with what has everything to do with what you valueyou value

What things did you do What things did you do during the past week. during the past week.

What you choose to do with your What you choose to do with your time also has everything to do with time also has everything to do with what you value.what you value.

Where do we get values?Where do we get values?

our homesour homes schoolschool societysociety friendsfriends TVTV church church musicmusic booksbooks familiesfamilies

cultureculture employersemployers time-period in time-period in

which you were which you were raised raised

70’s – peace, 70’s – peace, individualityindividuality

80’s - money, prestige80’s - money, prestige90’s - earth, green 90’s - earth, green

peace, health and peace, health and fitnessfitness

Your age will greatly influence Your age will greatly influence your values. Different people and your values. Different people and things influence you at different things influence you at different

ages:ages: Ages 1-7 --- parentsAges 1-7 --- parents Ages 8-13 --- teachers, heroes Ages 8-13 --- teachers, heroes

(sports, TV, pop stars…)(sports, TV, pop stars…) Ages 14-20 --- peersAges 14-20 --- peers Ages 21+ your values are usually Ages 21+ your values are usually

establishedestablished

Types of ValuesTypes of Values MoralMoral

what you will or will not do / what you believe to be what you will or will not do / what you believe to be right or wrongright or wrong

MaterialMaterialplacing value on material things / reflected by things we placing value on material things / reflected by things we own or buyown or buy

AestheticAesthetichow you feel about what has beauty in life / naturehow you feel about what has beauty in life / nature

IntrinsicIntrinsicsatisfy your inner self (joy, love, acceptance)satisfy your inner self (joy, love, acceptance)

UniversalUniversalValues on which most people agree (equality, justice, Values on which most people agree (equality, justice, respect of self and others)respect of self and others)

““It’s not doing It’s not doing things things

right, right,

but doing the right but doing the right things.things. “ “

Values Activities

1. Prioritize Cards2. Unfinished Sentences3. The Miracle Worker4. Values Reflection