# Create Your Core Values <h3>

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Core values are fundamental principles that guide the behaviour of individuals or an organisation thereby making an explicit distinction between what is right and wrong, towards the achievement of personal or organisational goals. It simply involves determining things that are important and of material to us as well as knowing your value (self-worth).  

An Identification of your self-worth and a creation of your own core values makes life and every decision taken simplified with the ease of having a better understanding of the available opportunities in determining the ones to explore and the ones that aren’t for you.

You must have heard the phrase that a man that stands for nothing will definitely fall for nothing. This is a proverb that holds a lot of weight considering the number of roads and paths that could be trailed as well as the countless mountains to be climbing. 

>What if you spent many years and effort climbing only to get to the top to discover that you are on the wrong mountain? 

This is why you should have your own core values which would help you in effortlessly discerning and sensing the right road/path to be followed and mountain to be climbed. Achieving your mission and visions become easier because the best way you can predict the future is byworking hard to create one. 

Most people believe they are working for their own future without realising they are already living their future as the decisions taken today is likely to influence that of tomorrow which makes every second, minutes, hour part of that future you anticipate.

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Life is too short not to plan, the time spent on anything in life has the potential to either make or mar you, this elicits how different our lives could be if we truly define the things that are important and beneficial with us also creating a mental picture of what truly matters. 

# Ask yourself these questions, <h3>

**Do I have a core value?**

**If you do, have you been able to live up to them?**

**Have I mapped out a method that’s in line with my life goals?**

**What reflection do I see when I stare at the mirror?**

**Have I taken key steps in achieving my future desires?**

**What is the impact of my actions on people around me, has it been positive or negative?**

**How have I been treating the people around me?**

**What do I want for myself when I am old?**

**What would I be remembered for?**

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[Source](https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/emineo-marketing-core-values-eddie-rodriguez)



Those are some of the questions you need to ask yourself to determine if you are on the right path and also could be used as a guide in drafting your own core values if you don’t have one. It’s time to stop having lofty dreams without creating the necessary foundation to fly them.

> Your dreams are worthless, your plans are dust, and your goals impossible if they aren’t followed by action.


**It's not too late to create your core value!**

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# Thanks for reading :) <h3>

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