LEARNING ABOUT YOURSELF EXERCISE

What Do You Value?

There are 16 items in the list below. Rate how important each one is to you on a scale of 0 (not important)
to 100 (very important). Write a number between 0 and 100 on the line to the left of each item.

Not Important Somewhat Important Very Important

0 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 90 100

______ 1. An enjoyable, satisfying job.

______ 2. A high-paying job.
______ 3. A good marriage.
______ 4. Meeting new people; social events.
______ 5. Involvement in community activities.
______ 6. My religion.
______ 7. Exercising, playing sports.
______ 8. Intellectual development.
______ 9. A career with challenging opportunities.
______ 10. Nice cars, clothes, home, and so on.
______ 11. Spending time with family.
______ 12. Having several close friends.
______ 13. Volunteer work for nonprofit organizations, such as the Canadian Cancer Society.
______ 14. Meditation, quiet time to think, pray, and so on.
______ 15. A healthy, balanced diet.
______ 16. Educational reading, television, self-improvement programs, and so on.

Scoring Key:
Transfer the numbers for each of the 16 items to the appropriate column; then add up the 2 numbers
in each column.

Professional Financial Family Social

1. _________ 2. _________ 3. _________ 4. _________
9. _________ 10. _________ 11. _________ 12. _________
Totals _________ _________ _________ _________

Community Spiritual Physical Intellectual

5. _________ 6. _________ 7. _________ 8. _________
13. _________ 14. _________ 15. _________ 16. _________

Totals _________ _________ _________ _________

The higher the total in any value dimension, the higher the importance you place on that value set.
The closer the numbers are in all 8 dimensions, the more well rounded you are.