This exercise comes from my good friend Jenny Blake — author, executive coach, and creator of the Pivot Method — and it opens my Crafting Your Purpose course. By the end, you’ll be one of the few people who not only knows their top five values, but can share them, in order, on the spot.
Circle your favorite twenty
One value at a time. Don’t overthink it: say yes to the ones that feel like you.
0 that’s me
Not meThat’s meIs this you?
Swipe the card, or use the ← and → keys ·
Read the whole list, then tap the values that resonate most. Picked: 0 of 20
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Pick at least ten to continue
Narrow your list to ten
Of the values you circled, keep the ten that matter most. Kept: 0 of 10
Keep exactly ten
Rank your top five
Tap in order of importance — your first tap is #1. Tap again to un-choose. Ranked: 0 of 5
Torn? and let your gut rank them, two at a time.
Which matters more to you?
Go with your gut. There are no wrong answers.
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Choose five, in order
Your top five values
Subject to change — and worth writing somewhere you’ll see them every morning.
Congratulations — it’s a reflective exercise and can take real energy. You’re now one of the few people who can share their values, in order, on the spot. If it moved something in you, the full Crafting Your Purpose course goes deeper — free, four weeks.
Your Values Card
Set it as your lock screen, stick it on the fridge, or send it to someone who knows you and ask: does this sound like me?
Keep them close
Values are easy to find and easy to forget. Let me send them to you so they’re there the next time a big decision shows up.
Your top five values, in order, in your inbox
My Saturday essay: one short letter a week on optimism, purpose, and enough