Use Values to Guide Financial Decisions

Your values serve as an important foundation for how you manage your money. They’re the things that are most important to you—for example, your faith, family, friends, health, education or giving back. Your values give you a rock-solid sense of who you are and what you believe in.

Your values come from experiences in life. They also drive your decisions and actions. For example, if you value your health, you may exercise daily. If you value learning, you may continue your education by attending classes.

Developing a clear and compelling list of your values makes it easier to choose how you want to use your time, talents and treasures.

When it comes to your money, you have three choices:

    1.   Share
    2.   Save
    3.   Spend

As a steward of your resources, having a guideline for how you use your money can be helpful.

What’s more, your values can be a clear, consistent guide to who you are and what you want to become. Investing time and energy to define your values and then aligning your actions with your values is a powerful way to achieve your financial goals and live the life of your dreams.

June 30, 2010 

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Richard W. Hart, FIC, is a Financial Associate with Thrivent Financial for Lutherans in Walled Lake. He can be reached at (248)896-0160 or This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it . Thrivent Financial for Lutherans is a Fortune 500 financial services membership organization helping nearly 3 million members achieve their financial goals and give back to their communities. This column was prepared by Thrivent Financial for use by this representative.

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