VALUES
1.01 – Understand interests,
attitudes, and values.
What is a Value?
• Qualities, characteristics, or ideas about which
we feel strongly
• A belief or feeling that someone or something
is worthwhile.
• Values are standards to guide your actions,
judgments, and attitudes.
• Values define what is of worth, what is
beneficial, and what is harmful.
• You have been given a check for $5,000 to do
whatever you would like with it. What would
you do?
• What you spend the money on has everything
to do with what you value
• What things did you do in the past week?
• What you choose to do with your time also
has everything to do with what you value.
Immature vs. Mature
• Hypocrite – one who subscribes to one set of
values and does another
• Immature – one who has not identified their
values
• Immaturity
• Unclear values
• Drifters
• Apathetic
• Maturity
• Clear values
• Life of purpose
• Meaning and
direction
Direction:
Values – Goals – Behavior – Self-Value
• Values give direction and consistency to behavior.
• Values help you know what to and what not to
make time for.
• Values establish a relationship between you and
the world.
• Values set the direction for one’s life.
Where Do We Get Our Values?
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Home
School
Society
Friends
TV
Music
Church
Books
• Culture
• Employers
• Time period in which
you were raised (70’s –
peace, individuality,
freewill; 80’s – prestige,
power, money, don’t get
caught; 90’s – health and
fitness, earth,
technology)
Age and Values
• Your age will greatly influence your values.
Different people and things influence you at
different ages:
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Ages 1-7: Parents
Ages 8-13: Teachers and Celebrities
Ages 14-20: Peers
Ages 21+ : Values are established, but may be
tested
Peers and Values
Keep this in mind:
Are you choosing friends because of their
values? Or are you choosing your values
because of your friends?
Value vs. Fact
• Values are things we
feel “should,” “ought,”
or “are supposed to”
influence our lives.
• Facts simply state what
actually are. It is easy
to confuse values with
facts.
• A value is a statement
of one’s own personal
belief.
• A fact is a establishment
by observation and
measurement.
Values and Behaviors
• Happiness comes
from letting values
decide your behavior
and goals.
• Values can change
over a lifetime as your
experiences change
your view.
Types of Values
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Money
Power
Morals
Family
Honesty
Education
Status
Trust
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Fame
Creativity
Patience
Friendship
Leadership
Loyalty
Quality Time
Security
Values are…
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Something you believe in strongly
Can be physical things or characteristics
Determine your behaviors and goals
All of the above
T/F: A hypocrite is someone who has
not identified their values yet.
False!
A hypocrite is someone who subscribes to one
set of values and does another.
An immature person is one who has not
identified their values yet.
Which of the following is NOT an
example of a value?
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Honesty
Status
Education
Math
Name one of the places where we get
our values from.
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Home
Friends
Family
Church
Society
TV
Music
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Books
Movies
School
Culture
Time period that we
were raised
Word of Advice…
“It’s not about doing
things right, but doing
the right things”