3925: Creating and Living by Your Own List of Values by Chris Guillebeau on Purpose Alignment

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🗓️ 25 February 2026

⏱️ 8 minutes

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Discover all of the podcasts in our network, search for specific episodes, get the Optimal Living Daily workbook, and learn more at: OLDPodcast.com. Episode 3925: Chris Guillebeau encourages a deliberate approach to life by identifying your core values, those few guiding principles that define who you are and shape how you spend your time, money, and energy. Through self-reflection and honest prioritization, you’ll gain clarity, reduce inner conflict, and create a values-based framework for living with greater purpose. Read along with the original article(s) here: https://chrisguillebeau.com/creating-and-living-by-your-own-list-of-values/ Quotes to ponder: "By defining a list of personal values that are truly your own, you’ll be better prepared to make decisions." "I appreciate things I do more than things I buy." “Stick with a few things that reflect who you are and one or two things you’d like to become.” Episode references: List of Core Values: https://jamesclear.com/core-values List of Values: https://brenebrown.com/resources/living-into-our-values/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	When was the last time you had space to feel?
0:04.4	With the National Trust, you might just find life standing still under towering trees.
0:10.8	Maybe you'll find connection among the stories of the past.
0:15.6	Or a moment to disconnect from it all on a mountainside.
0:20.3	Whatever you're feeling, wherever you are, with the
0:23.0	National Trust, you can make space to feel. This is Optimal Living Dealey, Creating and Living
0:34.4	By Chris Gillibow of Chris Gillibow.com.
0:39.5	And I'm Justin Mollick.
0:41.1	And we're going to jump right into today's post as we optimize your life.
0:48.7	Creating and Living by your own list of values by Chris Gillibow of Chris Gillibow.com.
0:55.9	Everyone lives their life by some sort of internalized moral code, but many people don't
1:00.9	take the time to sort out what they really believe in. Because of this disparity, we often feel
1:05.8	conflicted when deciding how to make regular choices about time, money, and personal decisions.
1:12.6	One definition of integrity is how closely your life aligns with your values. In other words,
1:18.7	do you do what you say you do? Do you live your life according to what you believe in?
1:24.0	This definition is somewhat incomplete, because it allows for you to do pretty much anything you want to do, even harm other people, which most of us would not consider to be a good thing.
1:33.3	But there is still some truth to the idea that integrity relates to how you live by the standards you have set.
1:39.4	If you don't do what you say you do, how can you say you practice integrity?
1:44.0	Therefore, it's important to spend
1:45.5	some time examining your life to determine your own personal, most important values. Choosing the
1:51.7	ones that are most important will help you learn more about who you really are, because when it
1:56.0	comes to values, you can't have it all. Instead, most people will have somewhere between four to eight primary
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