Anchor Course Recap

Thanks to everyone who joined us for Anchor Course: How to Lead a Values-Based Life.

From my vantage point (running the slides), I heard attendees share about moments from their past—both positive and painful—that contributed to who they are today. I was reminded of the way values emerge sometimes in mysterious ways and carry tremendous impact on our identity and the way we relate to others. We learned about the two kinds of values: Terminal (where you’re going) and Instrumental (how you’ll get there).

After that, we did a values gut check: an assessment of whether our choices in how we spend our time and money represent our values. Sometimes a sobering thought but truth hurts right?

And we wrapped up with a few discussions and exercises on how to operationalize our values. In order to live our values, they need to be defined, memorized, and applied. So we spent time defining what our personal values mean to us, in our context. We created a mini values card to carry along in a wallet or post somewhere we’ll see it regularly. Then we applied our values with an inventory of our social circles: who are we spending the most time with? And do they nurture our values?

In closing, we sent everyone home with a favorite piece of homework: a memento mori practice. Visualize and write about your funeral. What do your loved ones say and remember about you? How can you live in such a way that these things will be true about you?

Powerful stuff.

Attended the course? You can re-watch the recording any time! Just hold onto the wrap up email we sent that has the course recording and workbook PDF in it. Please feel free to revisit this practice any time you could use a values reboot.

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