Cuyamaca College Personal Values Essay

Assignment Goals:

• Describe your personal values and learn how to prioritize them
• Be able to explain and carry out behavior according to values
• Relate personal values to education, career, and life choices

Instructions:

• STEP 1: What do you value?
  • Take a piece of paper and draw a five–pointed star
  • Write your top value on each point
• STEP 2: On a separate sheet of paper, take few moments to list your top 10 goals for the next 15 years! Dream big!
  • Ready? Now throw away 2 of your goals (cross them out)
  • Now another 2
  • 1 more!!
  • What goals are you left with?? These goals are most important to you…these are your VALUES!!

• STEP 3: Submit the following:

1. 1. Your top 5 goals and how they relate to your top 5 values.
      • You can simply list your goals and next to each goal identify what Value they relate to.
      • It is possible for more than one goal to share the same value.
   2. How did it feel to throw away or cross out your goals during this activity? (2-3 sentences)