Ep 136: Exploring Values and Goals

In this episode, Richard explores the important differences between our values and our goals, but also how we can use them together to achieve what’s really important to us.

While values can give us an important sense of direction, our goals represent the destinations we want to reach. So we need to think about them differently, avoid mixing them up, and bring them together to move towards what’s meaningful in life. We can use our values to bring meaning to our goals, to help us persist towards challenging goals and to ensure that the action we take towards our goals represents the kind of person we want to be.

Get in touch with your questions about values, goals or any other aspect of making personal change. We love to hear from listeners. Drop us an email at podcast at worklifepsych dot com.

And as ever, thanks for listening!

Resources for this episode

🖥️ Blog post: How do values and goals differ? https://www.worklifepsych.com/how-do-values-and-goals-differ/ 

🖥️ Blog post: How to use values and goals together https://www.worklifepsych.com/how-to-use-values-and-goals-together/

🖥️ Blog post: Values: Yes, but not like that! https://www.worklifepsych.com/values-yes-but-not-like-that/

🎥 Video: How do values differ from goals? https://youtu.be/We2Vrshf6V8