Is this a personality test?
No. The exercise helps you choose and interpret three core values. The report is a conversation field guide, not a fixed label.
Ben Owden · Your ValuesMost people live by values
Most people live by values
they've never actually chosen.
There's a particular kind of dissatisfaction that's hard to name. Not unhappiness, exactly. More like a gap. A life that makes sense on paper but doesn't feel quite right. Decisions that are logically defensible but not emotionally settled.
Most of the time, this is a values problem. No one has ever asked you carefully, seriously, what you actually stand for. And so you've borrowed values: from your industry, your family, your culture, the people you most wanted to approve of you.
15 to 20 minutes · No account required
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How it works
01
Three narrowing rounds
In Round 1 you flip through the full deck, keeping what resonates and discarding the rest. Round 2 brings your shortlist down to 7 with harder questions. Round 3 takes you to your 3 core values.
02
A life-design report
Your result isn't a score. It's a detailed, personal report that explores what your values say about how to work, relate, rest, grow, and design a more meaningful life.
03
A permanent result code
Your result is saved with a unique code. Share it with anyone else who's completed the exercise to run an alignment check: shared values, tensions, and how you might work better together.
What you'll receive
01
Your 3 core values
Clearly named and matched to you, not a random assignment.
02
A personal archetype
A precise, non-cheesy lens on what kind of moral and relational energy you bring.
03
A life-design report
Across five dimensions of wellbeing: what alignment looks like, what misalignment costs, and specific next experiments.
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Work and relationship insight
What your values ask of your professional environment and your closest relationships.
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A permanent result code
Share with anyone for an instant alignment check: shared values, differences, and how to work better together.
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A copy by email
Yours to keep, revisit, and share. Results don't expire.
The clearest people I've met all know one thing.
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Values answers
What the Values Engine is designed to do.
The tool is built to help people name what they protect, what they avoid, and what conversations their values make possible.
What do you receive?
You receive your three values, a life-design report, a result code, and the option to run an alignment check with another person.
How long does it take?
Most people complete the discovery in 15 to 20 minutes. The harder work is noticing which values you actually live by afterward.
What is the alignment check for?
The alignment check is not a compatibility score. It helps friends, partners, families, and colleagues have clearer conversations about where they already move together and where they may need to listen harder.