Welcome to the Personal Mission Statement tutorial

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Personal Mission Statement

• Welcome to the Personal Mission Statement
  tutorial!

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What is a Personal Mission Statement?

• A personal mission statement can best be defined
  as a list of guiding principles that helps you to
  live your life. As you do your own mission
  statement, you will find that you begin to
  discover more and more about yourself, to uncover
  your sense of purpose in life. It is an
  adventure in self-discovery!

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The Functions of a Personal Mission Statement
Your PERSONAL MISSION STATEMENT should

• Define your ambitions, your goals in life your
  life missions.
• Define your talents and decipher ways to apply
  them to your goals.
• State your own beliefs and opinions.

Your mission statement, as a whole, should act as
the criteria upon which you base your
decisions. Therefore, you should keep your
mission statement for future reference, and make
changes to it as you see fit.
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The Values of a Personal Mission Statement

• It forces you to think deeply about your life and
  your purposes in life.
• It makes you think about your values and your
  aspirations.
• It helps to set guidelines for your life.
• It provides you with words to live by!
• It is inspirational!

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Questions Answered
To complete a personal mission statement is to
really accomplish somethingbut what is a
completed mission statement? A completed mission
statement should answer these 4 questions

• What do I value in life?
• What are my talents?
• What do I want from my life?
• At the end of my life, what do I want to have
  accomplished?

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Understand, so far?

• Before we go any further, do you have a clear
  understanding of what a personal mission
  statement is? Click here to start the tutorial
  again or simply proceed to the next slide.

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Things to Think About
Before we move on to the tutorial, here are some
ideas to keep in mind.

• This is your own personal mission statement.
  Nobody has to see it, if you dont want them to.
• There is no set length to a mission statement.
  You can be as brief or as detailed as you like
  its entirely up to you.

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• Idealistic goals and aspirations are generally
  unrealistic. When thinking of your goals, try to
  avoid things like I want to win the lottery or
  I want to achieve World peace.
• Keep the 4 questions that should be answered in
  mind throughout the process. Are they being
  answered?

Now, on to the tutorial
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This tutorial will guide you through a simplified
version of the mission statement process. It
will explain each step of the process, give you
the questions that should be asked, give
examples, and culminate in an example of a
finished mission statement. You should be working
on your own mission statement as you go through
this tutorial. Well use a symbol to remind you
when to take some notes. Whenever you see this
symbol,
remember to take down a few notes.
The mission statement process can be completed in
7 simple steps. Here they are
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Step 1 - Your Principles

• You should begin by thinking about your own
  personal principles.
• PRINCIPLE Guidelines for human conduct that are
  proven to have enduring, permanent value

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Generally, any idea that you truly believe to add
overall fulfillment to your life, and are words
that you live by (affects how you live your
life), can be considered a principle. Make a
list of your personal principles.
Ex. My Principles - acquire knowledge
from your mistakes. - have no regrets.
- remember your values when you make
decisions. - gain wisdom from your beliefs.
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Step 2 - Your Values

• Next, you should think about your values. What
  are some of the things that you value? Values
  can be anything from accomplishments to beliefs
  to character traits.

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The more your values align with your principles,
the more effective they are. Make a list of your
personal values.
Ex. My Values - life - knowledge
- my views - originality
- spiritual life - wisdom - self-accomplishment -
piece of mind
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Step 3 - Your Aspirations
What do you aspire to do in life? What do you
want to accomplish? What are your goals? All
these questions allude to one thing What is
your purpose in life? Make a list of your
personal aspirations.
Ex. My Aspirations - experience life
- gain a wider overall perspective about the
world
- acquire knowledge - express yourself - feel
that you have truly lived
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Step 4 - Your Strengths and Talents
You play a lot of roles in life. You may be a
student or a teacher, a brother or a sister, a
motivator or a role model these are the exciting
roles that you play in life. With these roles in
mind, think of the traits that enable you to do
certain things and to make a contribution in
life.
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What are your strengths and talents?
Ex. My Strengths and Talents - I have
talents in the writing field - I have
originality - I am strong-willed - I
am intelligent
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Step 5 - You Habits and Tendencies
Every person is different. Everyone acts,
reacts, and does things in their own way. These
parts of a persons character can be called
habits and tendencies. Just as you have
strengths and talents that enable you to do
things, you may have habits and tendencies that
keep you from doing other things.
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Your habits and tendencies are usually the things
that are standing in your way, that are keeping
you from becoming the person you want to be.
What are your habits and tendencies?
Ex. My Habits and Tendencies -
narrow-minded -disorganized - selfish
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Step 6 - Your Hero
Who is someone that you admire? Who do you want
to be like? Who is your hero? Think about
someone in your life that you really admire, and
list their good qualities. Pick out the
qualities that you wish to gain from them.
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Let that person be your example, an example of
the person you want to become. You can include
qualities that you already have.
Ex. My Hero I pick my mom, shes my hero.
I want to have her courage and determination. I
want to have her wisdom, and her intelligence.
Most of all, I hope to have her good heart.
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Step 7 - The First Draft
Well, by now, you should have all the information
you need for your very first draft of your
personal mission statement. It is just a matter
of putting it all together. There is no right
way of doing this, you just have to put all the
ideas into proper sentences.
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Here are some helpful tips for writing your draft

• First and foremost, remember that your personal
  mission statement is something that you are going
  to be referring to often, so do it on something
  easily accessible.
• Make sure that it is adjustable. As time goes
  by, your values may change, or something else may
  change, so make sure that you are able to make
  changes to your personal mission statement. It
  would be a good idea to have it written out and
  not saved on a computer.
• Although the 7 steps are within a specific
  order, there is no order to how you write it.
  Write in any order you like.
• Try to get in as many ideas into each sentence
  as possible. That way, you avoid writing a
  novel.
• Dont worry about any mistakes.

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Here is a finished mission statement that you can
use as a model
I would like to truly experience life and gain a
wider overall perspective about the world. I
would like to acquire knowledge from my mistakes
and have no regrets. I would like to apply my
natural talents in a writing field and truly
express myself, my views, and my originality. I
would like to remember my values and not let my
narrow-mindedness affect my decisions. I would
like my intelligence and strong will to lead me
to success. I would like to hide my disorganized
and selfish nature by acquiring my mothers
determination and courage. I would like to keep
my heart pure, like my mother, my hero. I would
like to be a fair and non-judgmental person. I
would like to pursue my spiritual life and gain
more wisdom from my beliefs. I would like to
feel a sense of self-accomplishment and peace of
mind that I may feel I have truly lived.
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This concludes the personal mission statement
tutorial. You now have the tools to complete
your own personal mission statement. Go and do
one, it will be good for you.