Activity 1.1.3 Personal Values

Purpose

To develop a clearer sense of personal values and their priority

Materials

Workbook/journal

Time

1 hr

Method

1. Ask participants for some personal value words, e.g., freedom, happiness, honesty, etc., and record these. Facilitators should try to ensure that there are at least 30 or more words.
2. As a group, they will choose 20 of these words to create their own personal values list.
3. Participants will then rank these values in order of priority for themselves. The personal values list may look like this:
   • happiness
   • excellence
   • honesty
   • intelligence
   • peaceful
   • organized
   • love

   • excitement
   • co-operation
   • friendliness
   • humour
   • responsible
   • creative
   • kindness

   • agreeable
   • beauty
   • active
   • achievement
   • knowledge
   • autonomy
   • freedom
4. Have participants focus on the top five of their list and reflect on why these are the most important personal values for them. Facilitators may choose to ask participants to discuss the reasons for their choices.