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December 8 - December 9, 2023
First, the mission statement should be timeless. That means you write it as if it will never
Second, the mission statement should deal with both ends and means,
Third, the mission statement, because it is based on principles, should deal with all the roles of your life.
Fourth, a mission statement should deal with the four dimensions of our nature.
Well, we have our body, that is, the physical. You could combine it with the economic, because we need money to take care of our body, our physical well-being. The second is our relationships with others. We could call it the social/emotional aspect. Third is our m...
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The body, the heart, the mind, and the spirit. The essence of these needs is captured in this phrase “to live, to lo...
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We all lead three lives: our public life, our private life, and our deep inner life.
Our secret life is where we are able to tap into the power of the four human endowments: self-awareness, conscience, imagination, and independent will.
As the psalmist put it: “Search your own heart with all diligence, for out of it flows the issues of your life.” It truly is a secret life. No one knows the thoughts and intents of your heart.
“A person cannot do right in one department of life, whilst attempting to do wrong in another department. Life is one indivisible whole.”
In other words, if you go inside, if you go into this deep private life, this secret life, prepare to pay a price in order to get a sense of vision, a sense of purpose, and a deep commitment to principle-centered values.
Viktor Frankl shared a brilliant insight about developing mission statements. He said, “The thing I learned is
that you don’t invent your mission, you detect it. You uncov...
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When you live out of your memory, you focus on the past. When you live out of your imagination, you focus on the future. What lies behind us is nothing compared to what lies within us and ahead of us.
Study the lives of people who’ve inspired you—your heroes and what it is that you admire about them—so you can get a sense of the principles on which you want to build.
What is the purpose of your life? What do you have as a focus that channels your energies? What do you have that is a passion for you? When people get focused on the highest and best use of themselves, their lives change, and that’s exciting.
If you knew you couldn’t fail, what would you give your life to? If you knew you didn’t have to work for a living, what would you give your life to?
Like most people, we feel a gap between our ideals, our deepest values, and what we actually do.
The most effective centers—the ones that last, are meaningful, and give stability and peace—come from principles and natural laws.
Put your mission statement where it can be examined and explored, where you can go and study it against your behavior to see how well you’re living up to it.
Stay on target. Plan your course, work toward your destination. Make corrections as needed. Keep reviewing where you’re going.
What is truly important in my life? What would I really like to be and do in my life? What are my greatest strengths? What are my talents, possibilities, and true potential? If I had unlimited time and resources, what would I do? What are my deepest priorities? Which relationships do I wish to be lasting? Who is the one person who has made the greatest positive impact in my life?
What must I do, and how must I manage my life, to constantly nurture these vital relationships? What kind of person do I wish to become? What are the principles I would like to live by? What have been my happiest moments? How do I want to be remembered? And, finally, how can I serve others in a meaningful way throughout my life?
