“If Not Now When: Create a life and career of purpose with a powerful vision, mission statement and measurable goals” by Maureen F. Fitzgerald, PhD
The five steps to creating a mission
1. Vison: Create a vision of your ideal life
2. Vessel: Identify what makes you unique
3. Mission: Define what you wish to accomplish
4. Goals: Set goals
5. Action: Define action steps
What is a mission? A mission is a reason for being. It provides a template that can be used to direct, create, implement and evaluate all that we do.
The benefits of a mission:
• It provides a sense of purpose
• It gives life direction
• It provides a sense of contribution
• It helps when defining goals and priorities
• It aids in finding meaningful work and activities
• It helps to align your uniqueness with your work
• It improves well-being
Step 1. Create a Vision
What is a Vision? A vision is a picture of your ideal life. It is a statement of your dream of the “end result” you want to have achieved or accomplished in your life.
Exercise: Imagine your perfect day:
• Where are you?
• What are you doing?
• Who are you seeing?
• What are you wearing?
• How are you feeling?
• Who is in your life?
• What are your personal qualities?
Take your perfect day and write it as a vision statement
• It must be written in present tense – as if it already exists
• It must be in enough detail that you can actually see it, feel it, small it taste it.
• You must put aside beliefs that might prevent it from happening
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*Based on the book: “If not Now When” by Maureen Fitzgerald, PhD. Find at Amazon or www.MaureenFitzgerald.com.
