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Values checklist
All 62 values on one page, each with a short meaning. Tick the ones that fit, circle your ten and star your top three.
- Free to print
- A4 and US Letter
- 4 languages
- 1 page
- 10 minutes
Inside the worksheet
How the values checklist works
All 62 values on one page, each with a short meaning. Tick the ones that fit, circle your ten and star your top three. It takes 10 minutes.
- 1
Tick the values that fit
Read down the list and tick every value that feels like you. The short meaning beside each one keeps similar words apart.
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Circle your ten
Of the values you ticked, circle the ten you would miss most.
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Star your top three
Of your ten, star the three you would keep if you could keep only three.
For therapists and coaches
Using it with a client
- 01
A warm-up
Hand it out at the start of a workshop or a first session. It takes ten minutes and gives everyone words to talk with.
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Compare in pairs
Ask people to compare their top three with a partner and explain one choice.
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Go deeper
For a full ranking, move on to the core values worksheet or the online ranking.
For coaches and facilitators
Prefer to send a link?
Invite clients to rank their values online before your session. They compare their values two at a time, and you see their ranking on your dashboard when you meet.
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Send an invitation
Add your client's name and send a link. No installation required.
- 02
They discover their priorities
Clients select the values that matter to them and compare them in pairs to build their ranking.
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Start with their results
Review their ranking before the session and use it to guide your conversation.
Running a workshop?
Invite the whole group with one link. Collect participants' rankings in one place and use them to start a shared discussion.
A conversation starter.The ranking is a starting point for reflection. You and your client decide together what it means.
More worksheets
Other values worksheets
Core values worksheet
Find your core values in four steps. Mark the ones that fit out of 62, narrow them to ten, rank your top five two at a time, and plan how to live them.
- First sessions, life and career coaching
- 25 to 35 minutes
- 3 pages
ACT values worksheet
Values in eight life areas, the way Acceptance and Commitment Therapy approaches them. Rate how much each area matters and how fully you live it, then choose one step where the gap is widest.
- ACT and values-based therapy
- 20 to 30 minutes
- 2 pages
Values clarification worksheet
Find your values in your own stories. Six reflective questions, then the values hidden in your answers and the few that keep coming back.
- Reflective clients, journaling, group work
- 30 to 45 minutes
- 2 pages
Questions
Questions about the values checklist
A values checklist is a list of personal values you tick through to see which ones fit you. This one has 62 values, each with a short meaning, grouped by the five needs they answer: stability, connection, autonomy, development and impact.
The 62 values in fullThe list was built to cover the range of personal values without duplicates or near-synonyms. It is the same list behind more than two million rankings on Personalvalu.es.
What the rankings showNarrow your ticks to ten, then compare those ten two at a time. The core values worksheet takes you through that on paper, and the online ranking does the comparing for you.
Core values worksheetCan I use it with clients?
Yes. Print as many copies as you need for yourself, your clients, a class or a workshop, at no cost. Please keep the footer with the source on every page, and do not sell the worksheet or put it behind a paywall.
Rank your own values online
Compare your values two at a time and see them ranked. Free, no account, about ten minutes.
Rank my values