Personal Mission Statement

Personal Mission Statement
  1. Think of a person who made a positive difference in your life. What qualities does that person have that you would like to develop?

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  2. Imagine 20 years from now – You are surrounded by the most important people in your life. Who are they and what are you doing?

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  3. If a steel beam (6 inches wide) were placed between two skyscrapers, what would it take to get you to walk across it? A thousand dollar? A million? Your pet? Your brother? Fame? Think carefully !

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  4. If you could spend one day in a great library studying anything you wanted, what would you study?

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  5. List 10 things you love to do.

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  6. Describe a time when you were deeply inspired

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  7. Five years from now your local paper does a story about you and they want to interview three people about you. Who would they ask and what would you want them to say about you?
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  8. Think of something that represents you – a rose, a song, an animal. What is it and why does it represent you?
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  9. If you could spend an hour with any person who ever lived, who would it be? Why? What would you ask?
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  10. Everyone has one or more talents. Which of the ones below are you good at? Or write down ones not listed.

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Now that you’ve taken a look at yourself and your goals, it’s time to write your mission statement. Here are three methods to choose from:

Method 1: The Quote Collection. Collect one to five quotations that reflect your goals.

Method 2: The Brain Dump. Speed write you mission statement for 15 minutes. Don’t edit what you’re writing. Then take another 15 minutes to edit, arrange, and make sense of your brain dump. Over the next several weeks you can revise it, edit it, or do whatever else you need to make it inspire you.

Method 3: The Retreat. Plan a large chunk of time, go to a place you love and where you can be alone. Think deeply about your life and what you want to make of it. Take your time and write your own mission statement.

Once you have written your statement, put it in a place where you can easily see it and refer to it often.