This exercise helps you identify your core personal values. Not what you think you should value. Not what looks good on a resume. What actually drives you when nobody is watching.
Values are not goals. Goals can be completed. Values are directions you travel in continuously. They inform every decision, every commitment, and every moment where you choose what to pay attention to.
Knowing your values is the foundation of everything else in the Intentional Performance framework. Your attention training and your daily ritual are only as strong as your connection to why you are doing them.
This takes about five minutes. There are no wrong answers.
Read through these values. Tap the ones that feel important to you right now, not aspirationally, but honestly. Select between five and eight.
Now rank your selected values from most to least important. Use the arrows to move them up or down. This is the hard part. There are no ties. Force yourself to choose.
Screenshot this or write it down somewhere you will see it. These are not abstract ideas. They are the compass for every decision in your Intentional Performance practice. When you Prime before a performance, you are connecting to these. When you Learn afterward, you are asking whether your actions aligned with these.
Values shift over time. Come back and redo this exercise every few months. What matters to you at 30 may not be what matters at 40. That is not inconsistency. That is growth.