Coaching practices for Values Alignment Review

Describe almost anything you are working through and IX Coach finds the practices whose real-world fit is closest. For Values Alignment Review, these are the strongest matches in the current practice library.

Does this sound like the set of challenges you might be facing?

• I say I value certain things, but when I look honestly at how I actually spent my week, my real priorities were something else entirely
• I assumed we wanted the same things, but lately our differences keep surfacing and I can’t tell which ones are real gaps in what we value and which are just us never having checked whether we’re actually aligned.
• 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’m still funneling money toward priorities I set years ago, and my life has moved on since then
• I’m years into chasing something I committed to as a different version of myself, and it doesn’t fit who I am now

Practices that may help

1. Check action against stated values — the alignment review
   Once a week, compare your stated values to your actual choices and name the gap honestly.
   The Pythagorean Evening Review
2. Align on core values — where they are shared and where they differ
   Map which values you genuinely share and which you each hold separately — without requiring convergence.
   The Shared Meaning System
3. The values–behavior gap check
   Audit the last week: which of your top values did your actual decisions honor?
   Values Card Sort
4. Run an annual values-spending alignment review
   Review your spending against your values once a year — values shift, and so should the allocation.
   Values-Based Spending, Made Practical
5. Review goal-self fit at regular intervals
   As you grow, some formerly self-concordant goals become misaligned — review them deliberately.
   Self-Concordant Goals, Made Practical
6. Valued living audit: how much are you actually living your values?
   Rate both how important each value is and how consistently you have been living it — the gap is where to focus.
   Values-Based Action (ACT), Made Practical
7. Mapping shared and divergent values in a relationship
   Do the card sort alongside someone important to you and compare — do not assume your rankings match.
   Values Card Sort
8. Clarify the concepts you are using
   Ask for precise definitions before arguments built on contested or ambiguous terms go far.
   Socratic Questioning
9. Ikigai quarterly review
   Every three months, map the intersection of what you love, what you are good at, what the world needs, and what you can be paid for.
   Purpose Anchors: Keeping Meaning Accessible Day to Day
10. Rate your current position in each domain
    Mark on each domain’s bullseye how closely your recent behavior has matched the value — honestly.
    Values Bullseye, Made Practical

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