Personal Mission Statement
A Personal Mission Statement is a mission statement for a person.
- Context:
- It can (typically) associated to some Formal Personal Dream.
- It can (typically) reference Personal Goals.
- It can range from being a Past Personal Mission Statement to being a Present Personal Mission Statement.
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- Example(s):
- Denise Morrison, CEO of Campbell Soup Company: "To serve as a leader, live a balanced life, and apply ethical principles to make a significant difference."
- Oprah Winfrey: "To be a teacher. And to be known for inspiring my students to be more than they thought they could be."
- Richard Branson: "To have fun in [my] journey through life and learn from [my] mistakes."
- “I want to be a role model for my children, an extraordinary parent who has the energy, health and stamina to support them in their dreams.”
- Gabor Melli: "To make the universe a little more beautiful by reducing some ugliness (like child poverty, animal cruelty, prisoners of conscience) and by empowering life (by expediting super-intelligences and ameliorating the transition)."
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- Counter-Example(s):
- See: Personal Project.
References
2015
- http://well.blogs.nytimes.com/2015/01/05/personal-coaches-and-mission-statements/
- QUOTE: Forget the New Year’s resolution. This year, try creating a personal mission statement instead.
While it is common for businesses to define goals and values with mission statements, most people never take the time to identify their individual senses of purpose. Most focus on single acts of self-improvement — exercising more, eating more healthfully, spending more time with family — rather than examining the underlying reasons for the behavior, says Jack Groppel, co-founder of the Johnson & Johnson Human Performance Institute, an Orlando-based coaching firm.
“A resolution is a well-intended action plan, but because a person hasn’t really connected to the ‘why’ behind it, the old way of life, the chaos, comes back into play and they can’t really sustain it,” says Dr. Groppel, who created the “Corporate Athlete,” program that uses the training concepts of elite athletes to improve personal and business performance.
By creating a mission statement people can begin to identify the underlying causes of behaviors, as well as what truly motivates them to make changes. “A mission statement becomes the North Star for people,” says Dr. Groppel. “It becomes how you make decisions, how you lead, and how you create boundaries.”
To get started on your personal mission statement, ask yourself the following questions used by the Corporate Athlete program:
- How do you want to be remembered?
- How do you want people to describe you?
- Who do you want to be?
- Who or what matters most to you?
- What are your deepest values?
- How would you define success in your life?
- What makes your life really worth living?
- QUOTE: Forget the New Year’s resolution. This year, try creating a personal mission statement instead.
1989
- (Covey, 1991) ⇒ Stephen R Covey. (1991). “The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People." Simon & Schuster.
- QUOTE: Start with the End in Mind