Foster a Sense of Self-Accountability: 4. Set your core values

Set your core values, life goals and a more defined sense of self

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Who are you?

What are your core values?

What do you stand for?

Values help define who you are and how you interact with others, and they represent a relationship between you and your beliefs and attitudes. Your values are a moral compass or inner GPS that helps guide you through life and give you the courage to stand up for things.

Life goals often align with our values, and are a reflection of who you are as a unique individual. However, whilst values are part of a more fundamental sense of self, life goals are tangible milestones that help shape who you become, but are not necessarily part of who you are.

This means you shouldn’t take life goals for granted. Any goal is an illusion of something that does not exist but which you want to realise. So without any mindful or conscious action, goals are nothing more than dreams.

So, once you are firm in your values and have aligned your life goals, think on how to realize them. An example of thus being more self-accountable to yourself with your values and life goals:

I am...

Because I believe...

You can see this in how I…

My goal in life is to...

I plan to achieve this by...

It aligns with my values because...

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