VALUE SHOPPING SPREE

Directions: You have $1,000 to spend to acquire any of the following items at an auction. How would you distribute your money?

1. I would like a job making new things or developing new ideas…………………..………..…$300

2. I would like a job where I would do a lot of thinking and learning about

many things………………………………………………………………………….…………$100

3. I would like a job working with other people as a team……………………………….………$100

4. I would like a job that I would be sure I could keep…………………………………….……..$200

5. I would like a job that is important so that others would look up to me………………….……$200

6. I would like a job that is clean and neat and where my duties wouldn’t change........................$100

7. I would like a job where I could lead and influence others…………………….....................…$200

8. I would like a job where I am free to do things my own way and make my

own decisions………………………………………………………………………..………….$200

9. I would like a job that would help make the world beautiful……………………..……………$300

10. I would like a job that would give me the freedom to live the kind of life

and be the kind of person I want to be……………………………………………………..….$300

11. I would like a job that would take a lot of my time and talent to do well………………..…...$200

12. I would like a job where I would be helping people…………………………………..………$200

13. I would like a job where I could make a lot of money…………………………………..……$200

14. I would like a job working for someone I really like and admire…………………..…………$100

15. I would like a job that would give me the chance to do a lot of different things.......................$200

16. I would like a job that would take a lot of attention and continued effort………………..…...$200

17. I would like a job working with information, using printed materials………………..………$100

18. I would like a job where I would be working with people most of the

time and have the chance to know people very well…………………….…………….….…..$100

19. I would like a job using tools, machines, or motor vehicles………………….………………$100

My Shopping List

Item #:____________________ Cost: $_____________

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Total: $_____________

VALUES EXPLANATION

1. CREATIVITY – to be inventive and original

2. KNOWLEDGE – to be exposed to new facts and ideas

3. RELATIONSHIP – to interact with other people

4. SECURITY – to be free from risk or danger of loss

5. PRESTIGE – to be recognized and esteemed by others

6. ORDER – to have things and activities arranged systematically

7. LEADERSHIP – to guide and direct others

8. INDEPENDENCE – to make one’s decisions and order one’s own time

9. BEAUTY – to provide delight to the senses

10. SELF-REALIZATION – to be fully what one can be

11. ACHIEVEMENT – to accomplish tasks requiring skill and effort

12. SOCIAL SERVICE – to improve the welfare of others

13. ENTERPRISING – to use talents for financial gain

14. COOPERATION – to work with others for a common good

15. VARIETY – to experience novelty and change in daily routine

16. ENDURANCE – to keep at a difficult job until it is done

17. DATA – to manipulate information and ideas

18. PEOPLE – to interact closely with others

19. THINGS – to manipulate tools and machines