This exercise comes from my good friend Jenny Blake — author, executive coach, and creator of the Pivot Method — and it opens my Crafting Your Purpose course. By the end, you’ll be one of the few people who not only knows their top five values, but can share them, in order, on the spot.
Circle your favorite twenty
Read the whole list, then tap the values that resonate most. Picked: 0 of 20
Pick at least ten to continue
Narrow your list to ten
Of the values you circled, keep the ten that matter most. Kept: 0 of 10
Keep exactly ten
Rank your top five
Tap in order of importance — your first tap is #1. Tap again to un-choose. Ranked: 0 of 5
Choose five, in order
Your top five values
Subject to change — and worth writing somewhere you’ll see them every morning.
Congratulations — it’s a reflective exercise and can take real energy. You’re now one of the few people who can share their values, in order, on the spot. If it moved something in you, the full Crafting Your Purpose course goes deeper.
Email me my values
So you can keep them somewhere you’ll see them. This also adds you to the Saturday essay list.