374 core values
This list should be used as a reference point for finding your personal core values. Go through the entire list and make note of the values that resonate with you. Try to spend no more than 5 seconds on each term.
Once you have your list, narrow it down to 3-5. Compare values and decide which is most important to you.
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- Accomplishment
- Accuracy
- Approachability
- Attention to Detail
- Beauty
- Being the Best
- Belonging
- Beneficent
- Benevolent
- Composure
- Comprehensive
- Concentration
- Concern for Others
- Confidence
- Confidential
- Conformity
- Congruency
- Connection
- Consciousness
- Consistency
- Content
- Contentment
- Conviction
- Cooperation
- Coordination
- Cordiality
- Correct
- Courage
- Courtesy
- Craftiness
- Craftsmanship
- Creation
- Creative
- Creativity
- Credibility
- Credible
- Curiosity
- Customer Focus
- Customer Satisfaction
- Customer Service
- Customers
- Decency
- Decisive
- Decisiveness
- Dedicated
- Dedication
- Delight
- Democratic
- Dependability
- Dependable
- Depth
- Determination
- Development
- Devotion
- Devout
- Different
- Differentiation
- Dignity
- Diligence
- Diplomacy
- Direct
- Directness
- Discernment
- Discovery
- Discretion
- Diversity
- Dreaming
- Drive
- Duty
- Eagerness
- Ease of Use
- Effectiveness
- Empathy
- Employees
- Encouragement
- Energetic
- Energy
- Engagement
- Entertainment
- Enthusiasm
- Enthusiastic
- Generosity
- Genius
- Genuine
- Giving
- Global
- Good
- Goodness
- Gracious/Grateful
- Great
- Greatness
- Guidance
- Happy
- Harmony
- Heart
- Helpful
- History
- Honesty
- Hope
- Humble
- Hygiene
- Impact
- Industry
- Informal
- Informative
- Innovation
- Innovative
- Inquisitive
- Insight
- Insightful
- Inspiration
- Integrity
- Intelligence
- Intensity
- International
- Intuition
- Intuitive
- Invention
- Investing
- Investment
- Inviting
- Irreverent
- Joy
- Joyful
- Just
- Justice
- Kindness
- Knowledge
- Lasting
- Leadership
- Learning
- Legacy
- Legal
- Level-Headed
- Liberty
- Listening
- Lively
- Local
- Logic
- Longevity
- Love
- Loyal
- Loyalty
- Malleable
- Mastery
- Maximizing
- Maximum Utilization
- Meaning
- Meaningful
- Meekness
- Mellow
- Members
- Memorable
- Merciful
- Merit
- Meritocracy
- Meticulous
- Mindful
- Moderation
- Modesty
- Motivation
- Mystery
- Neat
- Neatness
- Neighborly
- Nerve
- Nimble
- No Bureaucracy
- Noble
- Non-Conforming
- Nurturing
- Obedience
- Objective
- Open
- Openness
- Open-Minded
- Opportunity
- Optimism
- Order
- Organization
- Original
- Originality
- Outrageous
- Outstanding
- Partnership
- Passion
- Patience
- Patriotism
- Peace
- People
- Perception
- Perceptive
- Perfection
- Performance
- Perseverance
- Persistence
- Persistent
- Personable
- Personal Development
- Personal Growth
- Persuasive
- Philanthropy
- Planning
- Play
- Playfulness
- Pleasantness
- Poise
- Polish
- Politeness
- Popularity
- Positive
- Potency
- Potential
- Power
- Powerful
- Practical
- Pragmatic
- Precise
- Precision
- Prepared
- Preservation
- Pride
- Privacy
- Proactive
- Proactively
- Productivity
- Profane
- Professionalism
- Profitability
- Profits
- Progress
- Prosperity
- Prudence
- Punctuality
- Purity
- Pursue
- Pursuit
- Quality
- Quality of Work
- Rational
- Real
- Realistic
- Reason
- Recognition
- Recreation
- Refined
- Reflection
- Relationships
- Relaxation
- Reliability
- Reliable
- Resilience
- Resolute
- Resolution
- Resolve
- Resourceful
- Resourcefulness
- Respect
- Respect for others
- Respect for the individual
- Responsibility
- Responsiveness
- Rest
- Restraint
- Results
- Results-oriented
- Reverence
- Rigor
- Risk
- Risk Taking
- Rule of Law
- Sacrifice
- Safety
- Sanitary
- Satisfaction
- Security
- Self Awareness
- Self Motivation
- Self Responsibility
- Self-Control
- Self-Directed
- Self-Reliance
- Selfless
- Sense of Humor
- Sensitivity
- Serenity
- Serious
- Service
- Shared prosperity
- Sharing
- Shrewd
- Significance
- Silence
- Silliness
- Simplicity
- Sincerity
- Skill
- Skillfulness
- Smart
- Solitude
- Speed
- Spirit
- Spirituality
- Spontaneous
- Stability
- Standardization
- Status
- Stealth
- Stewardship
- Strength
- Structure
- Sturdy
- Succeed
- Success
- Support
- Surprise
- Sustainability
- Sympathy
- Synergy
- Systemization
- Talent
- Teamwork
- Temperance
- Thankful
- Thorough
- Thoughtful
- Timeliness
- Timely
- Togetherness
- Tolerance
- Tough
- Toughness
- Traditional
- Training
- Tranquility
- Transparency
- Trust
- Trustworthy
- Truth
- Understanding
- Unflappable
- Unique
- Uniqueness
- Unity
- Universal
- Useful
- Utility
- Valiant
- Valor
- Value
- Value Creation
- Variety
- Victorious
- Victory
- Vigor
- Vigorous
- Virtue
- Virtuous
- Vision
- Vital
- Vitality
- Warmth
- Watchful
- Watchfulness
- Wealth
- Welcoming
- Willfulness
- Winning
- Wisdom
- Wonder
- Work/Life Balance
- Worldwide
- Yes-minded
- Youthful
- Zen