From the course: Aligning Your Values with Work, Life, and Everything In Between

Clarifying your work values

From the course: Aligning Your Values with Work, Life, and Everything In Between

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Clarifying your work values

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- Why do you work? Sure, you need to earn money, but what's the deeper reason behind why you do the work you do? Think back to the start of your career and the reason you chose the profession that you're in now. It might've been because your skills were aligned with your current path, but if you dig deeper, you might find that you were called to do the work that you're doing. In this lesson, I'm going to provide some questions to clarify your values and work. And if it's time to try something new, hopefully this lesson will help you realign your path. The first thing to ask yourself is to remember your why. As we go through our careers, we might sometimes forget why we got started in our jobs. Remembering your why will help you step back on the path of alignment, because it'll get you to the core of why you're doing what you're doing. It's similar to realignment in our relationships. Sometimes when we get comfortable, we forget to see the person we initially fell in love with. The same is true for our work. Secondly, reflect on your core values. What drives you to excel and improve at what you're doing? When you can identify your values and see if those values are a part of your daily life, you can sense whether you're in alignment. If you feel you might want to change what you're doing, consider how your values might've shifted could help you with this. Perhaps you're starting a family, which means you have less time, so you might seek a less demanding role. Then let your values guide your decisions. Imagine the type of life you want to be living. Maybe you want more work-life balance. Perhaps you seek flexibility in work, or maybe you want to venture out on your own. Consider all these questions and allow yourself to dream about how you might want to make a change in this moment. And finally, pay attention to the environment you're in and see if you're still aligned with your workplace. Your values might have changed since you started working, and that's okay too. Remember to embody your values every single day. Reflect on why you're doing the work you're doing. List out your values and check to see if your environment is still aligned with you. The more you do this, the more you'll see that your work and your life will begin to align with everything that you do.

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