Doing the True Will requires self-knowledge. In particular, we need to be aware of our core values in life in order to make good decisions and do what we truly want to do. So, do you know what your deepest personal values are and how you prioritize them? If you are uncertain, you can take the following quiz.
Identify Your Core Values Now!
By answering 21 simple questions
Of course, this test covered only a few out of hundreds of different value dimensions, but based on your results, you can now see whether you are
- more open to change (freedom, hedonism, stimulation) vs. more conservative (security, tradition, conformity),
- more focused on self-improvement (achievement, power) vs. more focused on self-transcendence (benevolence, universalism),
- more focused on yourself (freedom, hedonism, stimulation, achievement, power) vs. more focused on others/society (security, tradition, conformity, benevolence, universalism),
- more self-expansive and anxiety-free (freedom, hedonism, stimulation, benevolence, universalism) vs. more self-protective and anxiety-controlling (power, security, tradition, conformity).
To be fully transparent here, my personal value hierarchy looks like this:
- Freedom (100%). Above all, I want to be free in my thinking and doing: ad libertatem naturae!
- Achievement (80%). The path of skill development toward mastery is what I live for.
- Hedonism (70%). Thinking, working, training, non-doing, and non-thinking are my main sources of pleasure.
- Benevolence (70%). I like to be kind to the people around me.
- Stimulation (60%). New exciting challenges are less important to me than my everyday pleasures.
- Power (50%). I value wealth, influence, and social status about as much as universal well-being.
- Universalism (50%). I care less about strangers and the environment than about myself and close others.
- Tradition (30%). I’m pretty indifferent to cultural customs.
- Security (30%). I see safety and security as dangerous to my freedom and my desire for stimulation.
- Conformity (20%). I detest obedience and I have no desire to fit in with any group.
Now tell me in the comments below: How does your value hierarchy look like? Did your quiz results surprise you?
For a more comprehensive assessment of your personal values, I recommend you check out Discover Your Values by my friend Jacob Morris in collaboration with renowned psychologist S. H. Schwartz.
Read More
- Discover Your Values (affiliate link)
- On the Importance of Values in Life
- 5 Questions You Can Ask to Clarify Your Values
- These Four Personal Values Promote Happiness
- Against Values & Principles
