Vision Statement vs Mission Statement

It is truly amazing to me how many men and women fail to take the time each January to sit down and write concrete goals for the coming year and at the same time evaluate where they ended the prior year in relation to the goals they, should have, set the prior year.

Remember when we were young and we use to say “You’re not the boss of me!” Will this is the reality of life as an adult “You’re the boss of you now!” Regardless of what you do for a living you’re the boss of your life and your life is a business, believe it or not. There is a profit and loss statement, or at least there should be. How much did you earn? How much did you spend? Was your life profitable this year or did your end up in the red? You are the CEO of a corporation called “Your Life, Inc.” and were you take it is totally up to you. It doesn’t matter if you are a waitress, mechanic or sales person you should use the same principals to run your life that are used to run any other business.

So do you have a Vision Statement for your life, where do you want to go one year from now, five years from now? How are you going to get there and what are your core principles that guide your life to these ends.

I think one problem is that no one sits us down when we are young and helps us to understand these principals, so let’s start and look at the difference between a Vision and a Mission and there is a difference.

VISION STATEMENT:  

What do you want
Where do you want to be
What are your values and beliefs

MISSION STATEMENT: 

How will you get there
Who will it benefit

Understanding were you want to go and why are the first steps in success. Once that is established you can begin to take action….action without direction can certainly lead to disaster.

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Good Selling,

Bob