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Mission statements
Creates a unified purpose and direction for the a person, an
organization, a dept, a team etc.
It should answer the following questions: Why do we exist?
What are we all about? What is our purpose? What
stakeholder needs will we attempt to meet?
Adapted from:Stephen Covey’s Principle Centered Leadership
Mission...
Mission is purpose or aim.
A broad statement of purpose
States why we exist.
Personal Mission
A personal mission statement:
• Encourages you to think deeply about your life.
• Helps you examine your innermost thoughts and feelings.
• Clarifies what is really important to you.
• Expands your perspective.
• Imprints self-determined values and purposes firmly in your mind.
Personal Mission
• Provides direction and commitment to values.
• Enables you to make daily progress toward long-term goals (when connected
to daily and weekly plans).
• Provides the first or mental creation of your desired results for your life.
• The process of writing a mission statement involves answering a series of
questions:
-What things do I want to have that I feel are important?
-What am I about?
-What are the qualities of character I would like to emulate?
-What legacy do I want to leave?
Adapted from:Stephen Covey’s Principle Centered Leadership
Peg’s Mission Statement
I am a growing, learning, ethical and moral person who cares about myself and others.
I will make a difference in the lives of others by treating them with dignity, by
listening and caring for them and by working to encourage others to risk and change. I
will spend time on the important things. I will re-organize my schedule so that I spend
more time on me, my health, Myron, my love and concern for my father and on
supporting and mentoring my friends. I will not beat myself up when I don’t meet my
expectations. I will give myself permission to be a student and learner. I will learn to
have more patience with others who don’t think the way I do. I will be more at peace
with myself since I know that peace comes from being interdependent.
Being a part of facilitating the growth of self and others is my mission. Helping others
become all that they can be is the focus of that mission.
Short version: Through learning and teaching, I will facilitate the growth
and develop of self and others.