Instructions for The Values Cards  

Step One:

Go through the values cards, and without thinking too hard about it, sort them into three piles - very important, quite important, and not so important. The Blank cards are to capture any values that are not mentioned in the printed cards.

Step Two:

Remove the ‘Not So Important’ pile. Then sort the remaining two piles again. Try to see you can reduce the ‘Very Important’ pile down to eight cards, moving all the others into ‘Quite Important’. If you cannot do this, that’s okay; just try to get the pile as small as possible.

Step Three:

Remove the ‘Quite Important’ pile. Hopefully you now have only eight left in the Very Important pile – but if you have more or less than this number, it’s okay. Pick two or three values that you really want to focus on; that you really want to bring more into play in your life. If you can’t do this, just select two or three to focus on for this week; next week you can change the selection if you like.  

Based on Instructions for The Happiness Trap by Russ Harris - ‘Values, Goals & Barriers’ Cards