In this episode, we discuss your personal values. By first determining your own values, you can start to understand how teaching affirms them (or not), and if you're considering a new job, to find one that affirms your values in the same ways teaching has.. or in new ways teaching hasn't.

Here's the homework:

A. Identify your personal values. Here are a few ways to do that:

1. Using a long list of values, pick 5 and only 5, that you consider most important for you. We have a great PDF on our website to jumpstart your thinking. Click here to download!

2. Over the next few days, keep your eyes and ears open to notice those moments, no matter how big or small, when you feel most like yourself. Take note of them. You don’t have to immediately translate them to a new career or even anything at all. Just notice them.

3. If you were to receive the highest compliment in the form of 3-5 adjectives, what would they be? Imagine if someone else had to describe you with a few one-word descriptors, what specific words would make you feel seen and heard and resonate deeply with your sense of purpose and meaning.

B. Reflect: How does teaching affirm your values? How is it in conflict with them? Which of your personal values show up, and which don’t, in your day to day work?

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