Core Values

EFTUniverse Core ValuesI have a bad allergy. I’m allergic to meetings. I used to consult with and manage organizations, and the first thing I’d do when I came into a new company was abolish all the meetings. Virtually all meetings are an energy-sapping waste of time.

Meetings can also be a source of huge creativity, but only if they’re necessary, purposeful, rare, and managed well.

At EFT Universe we have a half-day planning meeting once every 3 months. We use a structured format called the Level 10 Meeting, and it begins with us sharing the “New and Good” in each of our personal lives.

We then reiterate our Core Values. What do we believe in? What motivates us? What’s the central living truth of our enterprise?

Each person shares their personal To Dos, but in the context of their Three Month Goals. We examine each goal against the goals of the organization. We make sure that our personal To Dos and goals are in alignment with the Core Values of the organization.

We all have Core Values. As an individual you have them, even if you haven’t articulated them or written them down. Families have core values – though usually unexpressed. Groups like organizations, companies and charities also have Core Values, and it’s worth writing these down and coming to agreement on them. That way, the work of all participants in the group is aligned with them.

Here are ours:

  • We have a passionate commitment to healing
  • We are excited to be leaders in a global transformational movement
  • We embody respect for, and service to, all others in the healing professions
  • We interact joyfully, optimistically and professionally with others
  • We foster collaboration and community

Aren’t those an inspiring vision around which to build an organization?

I’d love to see you writing down a first draft of your own Core Values, as well as those of your family and business. You won’t express them exactly right at first; you’ll refine the wording as you refine your thinking. But making a list like the one above gives clarity to your life and work. Please feel free to borrow from ours.

Having a written list of Core Values provides a context for everything you do each day. When considering a new activity, ask yourself: “Is this in alignment with my Core Values?” As you do those things that are, and say No to those things that aren’t, you shape your whole life to reflect your Core Values.

In this way the invisible values in your consciousness become manifested externally in the visible world you create around you!

~Dawson Church