From Victoria Colligan, Founder, Ladies Who Launch

LaunchTip: For me, unhappiness is defined by the disconnect between valuing one thing and spending time on another. This became clear after a profound personal growth experience that I had the opportunity to engage in through one of Bill Harris’s Online Courses.

The exercise I am referring to had to do with values. Although only in the context of the course will you get the full impact of the exercise, in a nutshell, take some time to list the top seven to ten things you value most in your life—these things can range from the obvious: “family”, and “making money” to the less obvious “eating great food”, or “climbing a mountain.” Then take a few minutes and ask yourself why you value each item on your list. To get to the core of why they are valuable to you, ask yourself what feelings you feel around each of these items. For example, do you value “making money” because it makes you feel secure, or because your parents told you at one point or another that you should?

The key to this exercise is to be 100 percent honest with yourself. Once you have identified what you value and why, try to put them in order of most to least valuable. Next, check for gaps in what you’ve listed at the top and what values may be tied to “should’s” in your life rather than true feelings of joy or contentment. Finally, and most important, check for gaps in what you value and how you spend your time. It is only once your “gap awareness” is “in check” that you can begin to make adjustments in your life, leading to higher levels of happiness, joy and peace.

PS: Although I am a huge advocate of Bill Harris and his learning resources, this is not a paid endorsement in any way.

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