{"id":23268,"date":"2025-01-20T14:30:20","date_gmt":"2025-01-20T13:30:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/diariodiunconsulente.it\/?p=23268"},"modified":"2025-01-20T19:03:17","modified_gmt":"2025-01-20T18:03:17","slug":"discover-your-core-values-and-your-value","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/diariodiunconsulente.it\/en\/2025\/01\/20\/discover-your-core-values-and-your-value\/","title":{"rendered":"Discover your core values and your value.\u2028"},"content":{"rendered":"

By <\/span><\/span>Alice Alessandri <\/span><\/span><\/a>and<\/span><\/span> Alberto Aleo<\/span><\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

Welcome back to \u201cDiario di un Consulente<\/b><\/span>\u201d! 2025<\/b><\/span> marks the thirteenth year of our blog. During this journey together, we\u2019ve established some habits with you, our readers, such as publishing articles on Mondays<\/b><\/span> and many other traditions that characterise our \u201clittle\u201d community. One of these is our Christmas tradition of sending a notebook<\/b><\/span> (or diary, if you prefer) to those who have taken part in a Passodue<\/b><\/span> training program<\/span>. This notebook is designed to help you face the new year with a constructive mindset. The 2024\/25 edition is dedicated to discovering your core values and understanding your own value<\/b><\/span>.<\/span><\/p>\n

In the following article, we wanted to include further reflections on this topic, sharing our insights and advice with those who haven\u2019t received the notebook. Values<\/b><\/span> have the magical power to guide us toward choices in line with our true essence<\/b><\/span>, directing us during hard times and through the various challenges we all end up facing.<\/span><\/p>\n

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What Are Values, and Why Do They Matter?<\/h2>\n

As we discussed in an article exploring the difference between Business Ethics and Business Morality, the set of core values<\/b><\/span> we believe in defines our moral compass, which in turn shapes our actions and behaviors. Values are guiding principles<\/b><\/span> that consciously or unconsciously direct our actions. While they can be openly stated, what we say about ourselves doesn\u2019t necessarily match with what we are trying to achieve, as we\u2019ll explore in the next section. Nonetheless, it\u2019s clear that our behaviors are driven by deep-seated values, which we want to protect or embody<\/b><\/span>, whether we like it or not<\/span>.<\/span><\/p>\n

To have a better understanding of their nature, it\u2019s helpful to distinguish between values and goals. We set ourselves goals<\/b><\/span> in order to achieve a specific result<\/b><\/span>. For instance, you might focus on your career because of your ambitions or to be wealthy. Values<\/b><\/span>, on the other hand, are significant in and of themselves<\/b><\/span>. They inherently embody the result. Specific goals can stem from these values, with their ultimate purpose being the realization of that value. For example, if self-determination and personal fulfillment are important values to me, one of my goals might be to achieve professional success. Values, therefore, help us define our goals<\/b><\/span> and outline the actions we need to achieve them<\/span>.<\/span><\/p>\n

How to Discover Your Core Values.<\/h2>\n

If you\u2019ve ever tried to define your goals, perhaps following advice from our article on wording objectives correctly<\/strong><\/a>, you\u2019ll know it\u2019s easier said than done. It is clear, therefore, that understanding our core values, which are hypothetically placed at a higher point in our consciousness<\/b><\/span>, must be much harder! In fact, we are often unaware of our core values<\/span>, and while they inspire our actions, they may remain hidden from us.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Discovering your core values<\/i><\/b> can be a complex and even unpleasant process as you might realize that some values don\u2019t coincide with your personal image of yourself.<\/i><\/span><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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In the notebook mentioned earlier, we provided several tips which can be summarized as follows:<\/span><\/p>\n