MissionStatement
The future depends on what we do in the present. ~ Mahatma Gandhi
Personal Mission Statement~
After you have spent some time thinking about who you are, what is important to you, and what you want to accomplish in your life, you can add some clarity and pull it all together in a Personal Mission Statement.
Don’t be afraid of this, we’ll share some helpful tools.
A Personal Mission Statement is simply a written statement that points you toward your goals. Even thought it’s relatively simple, it is an important step because the goals that you’ll will be built on this. By taking the time to clarify your focus now, you will identify the things that are most important to you, which will will make it much easier to say ‘no’ to the unimportant things in the future.
It basically comes down to this:
My purpose is to use my [skills/abilities/passion] to achieve [big picture goals], based on [my values].
There are many tools available to help you draft your Personal Mission Statement. Here are two online versions. For both options you simply go through and answer several questions and the program turns your answers into a Mission Statement.
Mission Statement Builder- by Nightingale- This one takes a big picture approach. It takes less than 10 minutes to complete and your finished product will be one paragraph.
Mission Statement Builder- by Franklin Covey. This one is a little more detailed. It takes a little longer to complete, and when it’s done, the finished product is several paragraphs, and could be as long as one page. However, a lot of what this program develops can be used when you start your goal setting.
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Personal Mission Statement~
After you have spent some time thinking about who you are, what is important to you, and what you want to accomplish in your life, you can add some clarity and pull it all together in a Personal Mission Statement.
Don’t be afraid of this, we’ll share some helpful tools.
A Personal Mission Statement is simply a written statement that points you toward your goals. Even thought it’s relatively simple, it is an important step because the goals that you’ll will be built on this. By taking the time to clarify your focus now, you will identify the things that are most important to you, which will will make it much easier to say ‘no’ to the unimportant things in the future.
It basically comes down to this:
My purpose is to use my [skills/abilities/passion] to achieve [big picture goals], based on [my values].
There are many tools available to help you draft your Personal Mission Statement. Here are two online versions. For both options you simply go through and answer several questions and the program turns your answers into a Mission Statement.
Mission Statement Builder- by Nightingale- This one takes a big picture approach. It takes less than 10 minutes to complete and your finished product will be one paragraph.
Mission Statement Builder- by Franklin Covey. This one is a little more detailed. It takes a little longer to complete, and when it’s done, the finished product is several paragraphs, and could be as long as one page. However, a lot of what this program develops can be used when you start your goal setting.
Back to Get Focused
