When to use it
Use it when a decision, job offer or source of frustration feels out of line with what matters to you.
How to apply it
- Write or print a list of 30–80 values, one per card, such as security, autonomy, recognition and family.
- Sort every card into three piles: very important, important and not important.
- Narrow the very important pile down to your top five.
- For each of the five, write one sentence on how your current work honours or conflicts with it.
- Choose one change that would bring your work closer to your top value.
Tip: Sort quickly; the values you hesitate over are often ones you think you should hold rather than ones you do.