An internal values check is where you consider your goals and how you feel about the consequences they may have in your life. When you think about what you want in your life, it is very important to listen to your intuition. If there is no harmony between your intuition and your actions, it may mean that you are acting on the wrong principles or that you are chasing the wrong goals.
Before you embark on any significant change, run it past your values. Ask yourself:
What might be the upside consequences of my actions? What might be the downside consequences of my actions? What extra will I have do to achieve my goal? How much will it cost in terms of time and resources? Is it worth the price? What do I like about my current situation? How can I keep the aspects of my life that I like while I make the change?
Your friends and family also can impact your success because if what you want to achieve doesn’t fit well with them you will be criticized and might not achieve your best. In the worst case you could even lose a friend or lose contact with a family member if they strongly disagree with your choices, and that might not be what you had intended. On the other hand, if you really want something you won’t care what your friends and family think, but you can at least brace yourself for some conflict.
To check how your goal might affect other people in your life, ask yourself these questions:
How will this change affect my loved ones? Does it go against any of their values? How will they react?
Once you feel secure about a new decision, and you have weighed up what it will cost you in terms of time, resources and relationships, only then are you ready to go for the goal.
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