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ValueBasedMotivation
Whatsimportanttoyou?Love,Loyalty,Creativity,Adventure,Health,Family,Learning,Courage?
Howdoyoustrengthenthemanddesignyourlifearoundwhatsimportanttoyou?
Thisvaluesauditprocessusesverbalpromptsandkeywordstodefineandestablishkeybeliefs
relatedtowhatsimportantanddesirabletoyou,toaffirmyourcommitment,toigniteyourmotivation,
andtopropelyouintoaction.
Value:
isimportantanddesirable.
Whatisacorevaluethatisimportantforyoutoestablishorstrengthen?
becauseI
Whyisitdesirableandappropriatetohavethisasavalue?
thereforeI
Whatisabehavioralconsequenceofhavingthisvalue?
wheneverI
Whatisakeysituationorconditionrelatingtothisvalue?
sothatI
Whatisthepositivepurposeofthisvalue?
ifI
Whatconstraintsorresultsrelatetothisvalue?
*althoughI
Whatalternativesorconstraintsaretherewithrespecttothisvalue?
inthesamewaythatI
Whatisasimilarvaluethatyoualreadyhave?
Afteryouhavefinishedfillingineachstatement,readeachoftheentries,deletethepromptwordsand
beginningwiththewordI(theexceptionisthewordalthough;itisimportanttoretaintheword
althoughorthatparticularresponsewillappearnegative.)
Noticewhathaschangedandbeenstrengthened.
1 AdaptedfromSleightofMouthbyRobertDilts(1999)
JuliaChung,PhD,ACChttp://juliachung.com
JuliaChung,Ph.D.
julia@juliachung.com
3127872950julia@juliachung.com
(O)3127872950
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253EDelawarePlace#10H,Chicago,IL60611
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Example:Health
HealthisimportantanddesirablebecauseIneedstrengthandenergyinordertocreateandsurvive.
HealthisimportantanddesirablethereforeIwillbegintheappropriatestepstotakecareofmyself.
HealthisimportantanddesirablewheneverIwanttobepreparedforthefuture.
HealthisimportantisdesirablesothatIcanenjoymyselfandbeagoodrolemodelforothers.
HealthisimportantisdesirableifIwanttobehappyandproductive.
Healthisimportantisdesirable*althoughIhaveothergoalsandresponsibilitytobefulfilled.
HealthisimportantisdesirableinthesamewaythatIneedthenecessaryfoundationsandresourcesto
reachmydreams.
Readeachoftheentriesdeletingthepromptwords,withtheexceptionof*although:
Healthisimportantanddesirable.Ineedstrengthandenergyinordertocreateandsurvive.Iwill
begintheappropriatestepstotakecareofmyself.Iwanttobepreparedforthefuture.Icanenjoy
myselfandbeagoodrolemodelforothers.Iwanttobehappyandproductive.AlthoughIhaveother
goalsandresponsibilitytobefulfilled,Ineedthenecessaryfoundationsandresourcestoreachmy
dreams.
Theparagraphdefineselementsofapathwayforexpressingthevalues,providesmotivation,andeven
addressespossibleobjections.Becausethegroupofstatementsidentifyamultiplicityofreasons(or
causes)andputsthemintowords,itbecomesapowerfulsourceofpositiveaffirmations.Itprovidesan
overallexplanationjustifyingcommitmenttothevalue.Italsoprovidesarichsourceofideasfor
addressingdoubts.
2 AdaptedfromSleightofMouthbyRobertDilts(1999)