Who are you? Unleashing your Core Values | Jennifer Jones | TEDxChathamKent

Do you know who you really are, what you stand for and what is fundamental to your personal DNA? These are all questions that Jennifer will cover as part of a discussion about core values.
Core Values are the guiding principles that dictate our behaviors and actions. They help us to determine what is right and what is wrong. Through the act of storytelling, Jennifer will share her own personal journey and will challenge us to understand how identifying our core values can be the key to a more fulfilling life.

Jennifer is the President and CEO of Media Street Productions Inc., an award winning television production company in Windsor, Ontario. She is a proud member of the Rotary Club of Windsor-Roseland, and is a Past Governor of Rotary District 6400.
One of Rotary International’s most recognized communicators, Jennifer has presented keynote addresses and training workshops at more than 100 conferences across North America, and around the world. Jennifer has also chaired the Board of Governors of the University of Windsor and the Board of Directors of the Windsor-Essex Regional Chamber of Commerce.
Her awards include Rotary’s Service above Self Award and Citation for Meritorious Service, the YMCA Peace Medallion, the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee Medal, and Wayne State University’s Peacemaker of the Year Award, a first for a Canadian.
Jennifer is happily married to Nick Krayacich a local family physician. They share a thirst for adventure that took them to the summit of Mount Kilimanjaro in 2009.

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If we know the Values at our core it helps us live a Life of Purpose...

Jennifer's Core Values:
1) Service
2) Gratitude
3) Love
4) Integrity
5) Leadership

Good Examples! Thankyou Jennifer :)

[grahamwebb]

Now we know Jennifer's core values. Can anyone give a TED talk on their own core values?

[taewookrho]

This is a great speech!
I just wrote down 4 core values and my expirence on those core values. I had forgot about those core values for years! This exercice brought me back the joy of having those values. Thank you!

[imanbenetlewis]

Definitely clicked on this hoping for some helpful tools to figure out my own core values - not just to listen to yours. But thanks I guess

[DustyRoseLee]

It's great that this person was able to share her personal values and stories. This talk would have been much more useful if it also briefly explained how to pinpoint and define core values as well as how to create and stand by the values we wish to cultivate in ourselves.

[clintwhitsett]

I'm seeking a formula to help me identify my core values. watching this, I find it very difficult to identify with someone who has no concept of what it's like to struggle everyday. The core values of someone with a golden spoon in her mouth are grossly different from that values I'm seeking to understand.

[Canucksway]

Your Core Values
“Core self is your true self, or most authentic self.”
It is our “inner wisdom, inner nurturer, wise self, feeling self, inner voice …”
It is our values and personality.
It is not our thoughts.

[samsuddinmidday]

When I came to this video I had storms of confusion raging through my mind, but as her stories did unfold, I felt calmed down, more and more, in listening to her I found my Own Core values and I'm glad I came, I'm glad she did this Ted Talk, and I'm Grateful to God for bringing me to this moment, Thank God I didn't have to build the roads I walk by, and the books that I read, this is Grace, God's Grace ♥️

[themattybearaz]

Thank you for sharing. We talk a lot about Core Values within my company. As a corporate trainer, I am constantly referring to them but there was a piece missing. How do my team members relate to them within their own values I can ask what someone's Core Values are but often they can't tell me why that is what they are or they haven't thought that heavily on it. This is what was missing. The story behind the Values. I'm now building training around building your stories and Core Values in Action. I'm feeling inspired.

[chockyfancy]

This talk was not about helping people find their core values. This was all about what a wonderful person you think you are (and you truly might be, but this is not the stage for that). The stories did not connect with values.

[jenniferdipietro]

Ted talks are about telling their stories in order to uplift others and or make people think about their own lives.

[sarahouellette]

I wish I could get the last 10 minutes of my life back.

[tipstrading]

That a great idea, how to find our value to another

[noli]

"When we share our stories, like-minded people want join with us and help to do good in the world." - Jennifer Jones

[i.ehrenfest]

This is all objectively speaking great, and admirable, and etc., so why do I feel so disconnected and somewhat irked?

[toniconge]

I found the Larry story super weird. Like the purpose of that value was "integrity" and Jennifer was talking about how she values integrity but used a most likely fake feel good fairy tale to talk about integrity.

[simpleravenraven]

I liked it. There are lots of core values. The question is, are they GOOD?

[bigmike]

Can we really be certain that there is such a thing as a core value such that it never changes?

[derekaustin]

I now have a date with my "history" page

[emilythrash]

Does the whole "Larry" story strike anyone as fairly apocryphal? What company makes decisions this way? Is it helpful for an exercise to be based on something so empty as a hypothetically sweet corporate fairy tale?