When it comes to big decisions in life, many people are at a loss for how to go about them. Maybe you list the pros and cons, or perhaps you weigh the benefits and difficulties. However you evaluate your decision before you make it; there is often a level of chance to your trigger pull that makes you wonder if you did the right thing afterward. Values-based decision-making affords a different set of criteria for success and benefit.

Being faced with an opportunity can be exciting, but what if it takes you away from the parts of your life you most value? There is a cost to that choice that you may not want to pay. In the reality of life, we sometimes need to make decisions that we do not want but feel we need to. We also make decisions based on personal benefit or preference, but the resulting change can cause fallout that complicates how we go forward in our daily existence. Understanding the core value that you operate out of can help you make decisions in a way that you are never disappointed or second-guess the direction you head because of that decision.

In the Cost of a Choice workshop, we process through a number of exercises that focus on where your personal values lie and where your core needs are to be met. From health, family, career, and faith, to promotions, work shifts, second careers, and travel; there are multiple caveats to understanding how to meet your values rather than leave them behind.