Clarity on your values and energy is the foundation for leading from a grounded place. This worksheet helps you name what matters most and what sustains you—so you can make choices that align with both.
Naming your values, first and foremost for yourself, changes what you'll let go of and what you'll fight for.
Consider the parts of work that energize you and what quietly depletes you. Think across the full space of your career to answer the following.
Now read your fills and drains back to yourself. Some of these answers may already be obvious to you. Others will surprise you.
Look back at everything you've listed. What patterns show up? What surprises you?
Something I'm good at that actually drains me, that I've never admitted out loud…
This one matters. We're often trapped by our own competence.
Something that fills me up that I rarely or never get to do in my current or most recent role…
Look at your values sort and your energy map side by side. Where do they confirm each other? Where do they pull in different directions?
A value from my core 5 that shows up clearly in my fills column is…
A value from my core 5 that I almost never see in my fills column is…
If my next chapter was designed entirely around my fills, and minimized my drains, it would look something like…