Uncovering What Truly Drives You

Living by design instead of default is a powerful mindset shift. Many people unknowingly adopt values from their surroundings — family, peers, or culture — and never stop to consider what actually matters to them personally. This can lead to feeling off-track or unfulfilled, even when everything seems to be going well on the surface.

That’s where these value-discovery prompts come in. Whether you're a coach, entrepreneur, or simply on a personal development journey, these prompts help uncover your authentic core values and prioritize them into a clear internal compass. Let’s explore five different ways you can do this using ChatGPT.

1. Start With What Doesn’t Matter

Sometimes the best place to begin is by identifying what drags you down. This prompt helps you reflect on experiences that left you uninspired, and distill from them a list of things that truly don’t matter to you. It’s a subtle but effective way to get closer to what does.

Try this self-reflection prompt on Promptomat:

2. Analyze Your Peak Experiences

When were you most alive, most engaged, most fulfilled? Your answers will point toward values that fuel you. This prompt helps you review your high points, draw meaning from them, and reveal consistent patterns in your internal compass.

Get clear on what energizes you with this prompt:

3. Look to Your Role Models

Who you admire says a lot about who you are. This prompt invites you to explore the qualities in others that resonate with you — not to compare, but to uncover your own deeply held values reflected through your heroes.

Use this prompt to reflect on your inspirations:

4. Take the Future Regret Test

Sometimes the clearest view comes from imagining yourself decades from now. What might you regret not valuing sooner? This prompt uses a future-self perspective to guide you toward values that will stand the test of time.

Clarify what truly matters long-term with this prompt:

5. Prioritize Your Values

Knowing your values is one thing — knowing which ones come first is another. This prompt introduces conflict scenarios to help you test and rank your values into a true hierarchy. It concludes by helping you write a personal values statement for real-world decision-making.

Build your decision compass with this prompt:

Discover Your Inner Framework

These prompts aren’t just about self-reflection — they’re tools to design a life that’s fully yours. Whether you use one or all five, they’ll help you make decisions with more confidence, align your goals with your inner truth, and stay grounded through life’s complexities.