Setting Your Inner GPS

3 Navigational Insights

  1. Decisions with Alignment: Our principles act as ethical guideposts. When a business project or a client opportunity leaves you feeling uneasy, it is almost always because it violates one of your Core Values.

  2. Differentiating Your Core: There is a massive universe of positive principles available to you. Your Core Values are the deeply ingrained, differentiating factors that define who you are when you are operating at your absolute best.

  3. The Aspirational Stretch: Ärtful growth requires Aspirational Values—principles you seek to incorporate but might not fully embrace yet. They are the intentional habits you practice to bridge the gap from who you are today to the person you are aspiring to be.


1 Coordinate

"By becoming aware of your values, you can better use them as your inner GPS to guide you to make better decisions and live your best life."


1 Aligned Action

Activate one of your Aspirational Values: Choose a value—like Authenticity, Audacity, Alignment, or Balance—that you feel called to actively practice in your creative business interactions this week.

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Gabe Ratliff
Artist Navigator
Creator of the Ärtful Life Planner

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