What does each MBTI personality type value most?

Posted 04 April 2019 by
Melissa, MBTI Marketing Manager

Before you scroll down to find your MBTI personality type, take a few minutes for some self-reflection.

If I ask you what you value most in life, you could probably come up with a few things right off the top of your head. Family and friends are usually one of the first things people say. But there are also things that we forget, or are embarrassed to say that we value.

Money is one example. Most people won't say they value money, however when it comes to comfort and financial security (things money can often provide), those things often are valuable to us.

Maybe you have a good idea of what you value, but you're not exactly happy with where your life is right now. Perhaps it feels like something is missing? Many times, what people value most isn't the same as where they're spending their time, their money or their effort.

Being happy with different parts of your life

I had a life coach once who did this great exercise with me. We made a list of 8 areas of life (below), and she explained roughly what each area meant. Then as homework I filled in how happy I was in that part of my life.

Take a look at the list of 8 parts of life below*:

Career/business (what you do with your time to make money)
Finances/wealth (how you manage money)
Friends & family (relationships)
Fun, recreation or entertainment (guiltless, earned pleasure)
Health and fitness (nutrition, exercise and mental health)
Love life (romantic relationships)
Personal/spiritual development (things you want to develop just for you)
Physical environment (where you live and work and physically spend your time)

First, look at each of these areas of life and ask yourself what you're happy or unhappy with?

Second, ask yourself what you could do to increase your satisfaction in this part of your life? Do you need to invest more time or effort into a certain area? Why do you feel like you're unsatisfied with this part of your life?

Next, make a goal for yourself to improve your life satisfaction.

Pick just one area to start. Now set a specific, measurable goal for yourself that you're going to do this week to improve that part of your life.

Your life and your values

This is a great exercise to be able to look at the different parts of your life and see what you're satisfied with compared to where you're spending time and energy. However, what you value most could sit in different parts of your life.

In other words, what you value and where you make time for that value in your life aren't always the same.

For example, if you value being creative you could focus on that value by spending more time with your kids and being creative with them – building things or using your imagination for astronaut-moon-landings or pirate fights.

Or you could find that your value of creativity isn't being focused on at work, where previously that was a huge outlet for you (but roles at your work have changed and that's no longer part of your job).

Knowing how satisfied you are with each part of your life is a great first step.

But comparing that with your values, and seeing where those values are being satisfied in your life (or maybe they're not being satisfied at all) goes a long way to creating a better life for yourself.