Insight: Why We Are Less Self-Aware Than We Think—and What to Do About It

by Tasha Eurich

APPENDIX A What Are Your Values? Understanding our values—that is, the principles that guide how we want to live our lives—is the first pillar of insight. Values help us define the person we want to be, as well as set the stage for the other six pillars. Here are a few questions to help you better understand yours: What values were you raised with? Does your current belief system reflect those values, or do you see the world differently than you were brought up to see it? What were the most important events or experiences of your childhood and young adulthood? How did they shape your view of the world? At work and in life, whom do you most respect and what do you respect about them? Whom do you least respect and what makes you feel this way? Who is the best (and the worst) boss you’ve ever had, and what did she or he do to earn that moniker? When it comes to raising a family or mentoring others, what behaviors would you most and least want to instill? To help you further identify or narrow your most important values, below is a fairly exhaustive list: Acceptance Accuracy Achievement Adventure Attractiveness Authority Autonomy Beauty Caring Challenge Change Comfort Commitment Compassion Contribution Cooperation Courtesy Creativity Dependability Duty Ecology Excitement Faithfulness Fame Family Fitness Flexibility Forgiveness Friendship Fun Generosity Genuineness God’s Will Growth Health Helpfulness Honesty Hope Humility Humor Independence Industry Inner Peace Intimacy Justic...