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Developing a personal mission statement or philosophy or creed
A personal mission statement helps us to focus on
what and how we want to be (character),
what we want to accomplish (contributions and achievements)
and on the values and principles upon which our being and doing are based
Once you have that sense of mission, you have the essence of your own proactivity, the vision and
the values which direct your life.
In order to write a personal mission statement, we must begin at the very centre of our circle of
influence; for it is there that our focussed efforts achieve the greatest results.
Whatever is at the centre of our life will be the source of our security, guidance, wisdom and power.
1. Security: Represents
Our sense of worth, our self esteem
Our identity, our basic personal strength
Our emotional anchorage
2. Guidance: The source of our direction in life
Encompassed by our map, our internal frame of reference that interprets for you what is
happening out there, are the standards or principles or implicit criteria that govern momentby-moment decision-making and doing.
Ranges on the continuum from dependence to strong inner direction.
3. Wisdom: 1 + 2 determine 3:
Our perspective on life,
Our sense of balance,
Our understanding of how the various parts and principles apply and relate together
Embraces judgment, discernment and comprehension
Falls between a totally inaccurate map and a complete and accurate map of life, wherein all
the parts and principles are properly related to each other.
4. Power: is the faculty or capacity to act
It is sparked and directed by our wisdom.
It includes the strength and potency to accomplish something
Also includes the capacity to overcome deeply embedded habits and to cultivate higher, more
effective ones.
It lies between immobilization or being a puppet pulled by someone else’s strings and high
proactivity, the power to act according to your own values.
Often, we recognize a person’s centre by the way he presents himself:
I am X, married, father…
I am X, profession …