Coaching practices for Ethical Will Values
Describe almost anything you are working through and IX Coach finds the practices whose real-world fit is closest. For Ethical Will Values, these are the strongest matches in the current practice library.
Does this sound like the set of challenges you might be facing?
- If someone asked me what I actually care about, I’m not sure I could answer honestly
- We’ve got nice-sounding values up on the wall and the website, but they do nothing in the room when a real hiring or judgment call is on the table
- I’ve named my top values, but looking back at the actual decisions I made this week, I’m not sure my behavior honored a single one of them
- I behave decently mostly out of fear of getting caught or breaking a rule, and it feels hollow and brittle
- If you ask me what I value I’ll say family, health, honesty, growth
Practices that may help
- Values clarification: what matters most to you?
Identify 3–5 core values — not what you should value, but what actually matters when life is stripped back.
Values-Based Action (ACT), Made Practical - Make core values operational, not decorative
Use core values in hiring, recognition, and decision-making — not just on the website.
The Rockefeller Habits: Scaling Up with Rhythm and Focus - The values–behavior gap check
Audit the last week: which of your top values did your actual decisions honor?
Values Card Sort - Ground ethics in love and compassion, not rule compliance
Let care for others — not fear of violation — be the engine of your moral conduct.
The Perennial Philosophy, Made Practical - The forced-rank sort
Write your top 20 candidate values on cards, then sort them ruthlessly until you have a ranked top five.
Values Card Sort - Values-Based Action (ACT), Made Practical
Values-based action in Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) means choosing behaviors that are consistent with what matters most to you — your values — rather than behaviors driven by avoidance of pain or approval-seeking. ACT distinguishes values (directions, ongoing) from goals (destinations, finishable); the emphasis is on the quality of action in the present rather than outcome attainment. ACT has robust meta-analytic support; values-based action is identified as a core mechanism. - Stick to Values: act consistently with what actually matters to you
Before compromising a position, check whether the compromise conflicts with a core value — and hold if it does.
FAST: DBT’s Skill for Maintaining Self-Respect in Relationships - Values clarification through lived evidence
Infer your actual values from your past behaviour, not from what you wish you valued.
Svadhyaya: Self-Study as a Daily Practice - Write a values declaration as the core of your legacy letter
Name the two to four values you most want to have lived by — then write why they matter to you.
The Legacy Letter: Writing What You Want to Leave Behind - The practice of personal integrity
Keep your behavior aligned with your stated values — match your walk to your talk.
The Six Pillars of Self-Esteem, Made Practical
Related concerns
- Stated Vs Enacted Values
Use past choices and sacrifices — not aspirations — to find what you actually value.
Excavate your actual values from your history
- Espoused Vs Enacted Values
Values-based action in Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) means choosing behaviors that are consistent with what matters most to you — your values — rather than behaviors driven by avoidance of pain or approval-seeking. ACT distinguishes values (directions, ongoing) from goals (destinations, finishable); the emphasis is on the quality of action in the present rather than outcome attainment. ACT has robust meta-analytic support; values-based action is identified as a core mechanism.
- How To Make Values Based Decisions
When two values both apply, use your ranked priority to resolve the tension rather than freeze.
Resolving a decision with two competing values
- Personal Values List
Force a strict order among your finalists so conflicts resolve in advance.
Rank your top values
- Values And Behavior Alignment
Audit the last week: which of your top values did your actual decisions honor?
The values–behavior gap check
- What Are My Core Values
Identify 3–5 core values — not what you should value, but what actually matters when life is stripped back.
Values clarification: what matters most to you?
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