Part 1. Identify your values

Start by describing your values within each of the four values areas. Think about each area in terms of your dreams, like you had the possibility to get your wishes completely fulfilled. What are the qualities that you would like to get out of each area and what are your expectations from these areas of your life? Your value should not be a specific goal but instead reflect a way you would like to live your life over time.

For example, getting married might be a goal you have in life, but it just reflects your value of being an affectionate, honest and loving partner. To accompany your son to a baseball game might be a goal, but to be an involved and interested parent might be the value. Write your value/s for each area on the lines provided in the space to the right. It is your personal values that are important in this exercise.

Now, look again at the values you have written above. Think of your value as ‘bull’s eye’ (the middle of the dart board). ‘Bull’s eye’ is exactly how you want your life to be. A direct hit, where you are living your life in a way that is consistent with your value.

Now, make an X on the dartboard in each area that best represents where you stand today. An X in the bull’s eye means that you are living completely in keeping with your value for that area of living. An X far from the bull’s eye means that your life is way off the mark in terms of how you are living your life. Since there are four areas of valued living, you should mark four Xs on the dartboard. Use the Bull’s Eye Chart before you go to part 2 of this exercise.