There are many other values that may be your personal drivers.
Edgar Schein identifies 10 key values that a people have and the sort of associated goal that helps us understand the value:
Power - The motivational goal of power values is the attainment of social status and prestige, and the control or dominance over people and resources.
Achievement -
The primary goal of this type is personal success through demonstrated
competence. Competence is evaluated in terms of what is valued by the system or organization in which the individual is located.
"I
do this for fun" for example - would come under "Hedonism" - though I
have yet to meet anyone who tells me, "well I do it because I'm a
hedonist".
Hedonism - The motivational goal of this type of value is pleasure or sensuous gratification for oneself. This value type is derived from physical needs and the pleasure associated with satisfying them.
Stimulation - The motivational goal of stimulation values is excitement, novelty, and challenge in life. This value
type is derived from the need for variety and stimulation in order to
maintain an optimal level of activation. Thrill seeking can be the
result of strong stimulation needs.
"I like a challenge" could
be about several: "Power", "Achievement", "Self-direction" or
"Stimulation" - it would be what you mean by "challenge".
Self-Direction - The motivational goal of this value
type is independent thought and action (for example, choosing,
creating, exploring). Self-direction comes from the need for control
and mastery along with the need for autonomy and independence.
Universalism
- The motivational goal of universalism is the understanding,
appreciation, tolerance, and protection of the welfare for all people
and for nature.
Benevolence - The motivational goal of benevolent values
is to preserve and enhance the welfare of people with whom one is in
frequent personal contact. This is a concern for the welfare of others
that is more narrowly defined than Universalism.
Tradition - The motivational goal of tradition values
is respect, commitment, and acceptance of the customs and ideas that
one's culture or religion imposes on the individual. A traditional mode
of behavior becomes a symbol of the group's solidarity and an
expression of its unique worth and, hopefully, its survival.
Conformity-
The motivational goal of this type is restraint of action,
inclinations, and impulses likely to upset or harm others and violate
social expectations or norms. It is derived from the requirement that
individuals inhibit inclinations that might be socially disruptive in
order for personal interaction and group functioning to run smoothly.
Security - The motivational goal of this type is safety, harmony, and stability of society or relationships, and of self.
You will use the words that best describe your values for you - each will fall into one of Schein's key values but you may not like the word.
What about money?
A great many people will consider that "money" is valuable to them, but in and of itself, money does not have value.
Strictly speaking, any form of "money" is simply a promissory note or
coin (or just a number on a bank statement). "Money" is a means of
exchanging it for other things that are valuable.
Each of us further has our own hierarchy of values. Values that are more important to us than other values.
Our order of values is our order of values.
Just because I consider self-direction to be more important than
universalism (for example) does not make my hierarchy wrong or right.
We are not judging anyone's values here. We just want to understand them.
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