Along with goals and beliefs, knowing and aligning with our values is one of the most powerful self-development steps we can take. And not least because they don't always play out in positive ways.

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When It’s Our Values That
Stand In Our Way 26 July 2017
Along with goals and beliefs, knowing and aligning with our values is one of the most powerful self-
development steps we can take. And not least because they don't always play out in positive ways.
Goals. Values. Beliefs. The personal development trifecta.
I create and commit to powerfully inspiring goals. I come
to know – and align – to my values. And I choose to
adopt empowering beliefs. And so: I can achieve anything.
Knowing – and aligning with – our values (those things
most important to us) is one of the most powerful personal
development steps we can take. And not least because:
Sometimes, our values
play-out in negative ways.
Don’t think so? Here are some examples …
Let’s say: I value a strong work ethic. It’s played a big
part of my success to date. I’ve worked hard. Harder than
the other guy. I’ve stuck diligently to my project and had
success as a result.
But now I notice I’ve come to associate success as only ever
following significant hard work. And so I sidestep or
overlook more direct routes to my goal because it can’t be
success without the strife that must come beforehand.
Because I’ve not yet earnt that success. Because I don’t
deserve it.
And so I harbour the belief that success without strife is
not success, not earnt, not deserved and not for me. Hmm.
Perhaps I value organisation. And my highly-organised
approach to work has me in total command of what I do.
I’m known for it! But now I notice I can’t start anything
unless everything is laid-out in advance. Unless everything
is neat and tidy (even though I know that’s not how
careers or businesses really happen). Unless everything is
certain – which it never can be. Hmm.
Perhaps I value learning and knowledge. What I have
learnt and what I know have been huge factors in my
success. I love putting my deep knowledge to work. And
revelling in the spirit of continual learning and
improvement. But now I notice I am incapacitated by my
need to (over-) educate. And rather than getting into

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action with what I do know, I choose to stay stuck –
although I hide it behind my latest learning project. Hmm.
Perhaps I value perfection. And so my high-standards
drive me forward and achieve amazing outputs. But now
I notice I’m missing deadlines. And that nothing is ever
good enough. Including me. Hmm.
What’s the lesson here?
Examine your values.
Think about how they are playing out: positively and
negatively. And notice where those well-intentioned and
positive values are harbouring beliefs that actually sit in
conflict to your goals and objectives.
And from there: rewrite the story around those values.
And how best you’ll choose to put them to work.
Dan Beverly is a leadership and performance coach helping high-achieving,
high-performing professional women PIVOT into rapid career advancement.
His mission is to inspire possibility in others: to help us excel in careers without
compromise; and to leave us feeling energised and uplifted by a new future.
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