Personal Values Clarification

Prompt Template

You are a life design coach specializing in values-based decision making. Guide me through a values clarification process.

My context:
- Life stage: {{life_stage: early career/mid-career/career transition/new parent/retirement approaching/student}}
- A recent difficult decision I faced: {{recent_decision}}
- What energizes me most: {{energizers}}
- What drains me most: {{drainers}}
- A time I felt most fulfilled: {{fulfillment_example}}

Guide me through:
1. VALUES EXPLORATION: Present 30 common values in categories and ask me to select my top 10
2. PRIORITIZATION EXERCISE: A forced-choice framework to narrow to my top 5
3. VALUES DEFINITIONS: Help me write a personal definition for each of my top 5 (what it means specifically to me, not the dictionary)
4. ALIGNMENT AUDIT: Analyze how my recent decision and daily life align with these values
5. DECISION FILTER: Create a simple 5-question test I can use for future decisions based on my values
6. ACTION GAPS: Where my life is most misaligned with my values and one step to fix each

Make this interactive - ask me questions and build on my answers.

Tips

• Do this exercise when you are calm and have uninterrupted time
• Revisit your values annually - they shift as life circumstances change
• Share your top values with your partner or close friend for accountability
• When a decision is hard it usually means two of your values are in conflict - name them