Personal Mission Statement Sample · 2012-04-12 · Randy Crane ’s Personal Mission Statement:...
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Mission StatementMission Statement
Develop Your Mission StatementDevelop Your Mission StatementDevelop Your Mission StatementDevelop Your Mission Statement
Determine your Determine your ““1 Thing1 Thing”” that you can do in that you can do in
the best or worst possible life scenarios.the best or worst possible life scenarios.
•• DonDon’’t worry about defining it too much; this step is supposed to t worry about defining it too much; this step is supposed to
be pretty be pretty ““bigbig”” thinking.thinking.
•• Example: Example: ““To connect people to the truth of GodTo connect people to the truth of God’’s loves love””
Step 1 Step 1 Step 1 Step 1 –––– ““““ToToToTo””””
Develop Your Mission StatementDevelop Your Mission StatementDevelop Your Mission StatementDevelop Your Mission Statement
Imagine Imagine –– youyou’’re at your own funeral, itre at your own funeral, it’’s a joyous s a joyous occasion; well lived life. Good friends are sharing occasion; well lived life. Good friends are sharing about you.about you.
What words would describe how you What words would describe how you want to be remembered?want to be remembered?
Example: hopeful, courageous, authentic, Example: hopeful, courageous, authentic,
remarkable, loyal, transparent, encouraging, remarkable, loyal, transparent, encouraging,
truly believing in otherstruly believing in others
Step 2 Step 2 Step 2 Step 2 –––– ““““by beingby beingby beingby being””””
Develop Your Mission StatementDevelop Your Mission StatementDevelop Your Mission StatementDevelop Your Mission Statement
Create your Create your ““DoingDoing”” statement.statement.
•• Think of fellow workers, clients you serve, colleagues, Think of fellow workers, clients you serve, colleagues,
talking about what you did and how you did ittalking about what you did and how you did it
•• themes: problem solving, creating solutions, etc themes: problem solving, creating solutions, etc ……
Example: Example: ““simply and powerfully equipping people to simply and powerfully equipping people to
reveal and boldly pursue their possibilitiesreveal and boldly pursue their possibilities””
Step 3 Step 3 Step 3 Step 3 –––– ““““as evidenced byas evidenced byas evidenced byas evidenced by””””
Develop Your Mission StatementDevelop Your Mission StatementDevelop Your Mission StatementDevelop Your Mission Statement
Add Add ““toto”” to the Doing statement.to the Doing statement.
Example: Example: ““To simply and powerfully equip To simply and powerfully equip
people to reveal and boldly pursue their people to reveal and boldly pursue their
possibilitiespossibilities””
Now, put it all togetherNow, put it all together……
Step 4 Step 4 Step 4 Step 4 –––– Put It All TogetherPut It All TogetherPut It All TogetherPut It All Together
Chuck BowenChuck Bowen’’s Personal Purpose Statement:s Personal Purpose Statement:
““To fulfill GodTo fulfill God’’s purpose in my balanced life by being hopeful, s purpose in my balanced life by being hopeful,
courageous, authentic, remarkable, transparent, loyal, courageous, authentic, remarkable, transparent, loyal,
encouraging and truly believing in others, as evidence by encouraging and truly believing in others, as evidence by
simply and powerfully equipping people to reveal and simply and powerfully equipping people to reveal and
boldly pursue their possibilities.boldly pursue their possibilities.””
Example 1Example 1Example 1Example 1
Randy CraneRandy Crane’’s Personal Mission Statement:s Personal Mission Statement:
““To connect people to the truth of who God is, who they are in To connect people to the truth of who God is, who they are in
Him, and to significant ideas and experiences, opening Him, and to significant ideas and experiences, opening
doors of understanding and windows of opportunity by doors of understanding and windows of opportunity by
being loving, encouraging, imaginative, empathetic, a being loving, encouraging, imaginative, empathetic, a
person of integrity, a great teacher and listener, a servant, person of integrity, a great teacher and listener, a servant,
a protector, and a lifelong learner.a protector, and a lifelong learner.””
Example 2Example 2Example 2Example 2
(Notice I left out the last part ((Notice I left out the last part (““as evidenced byas evidenced by…”…”). It didn). It didn’’t work for t work for
me, so I didnme, so I didn’’t use it. Do the same with yours. If something t use it. Do the same with yours. If something
doesndoesn’’t work, it doesnt work, it doesn’’t fit, tweak it or dont fit, tweak it or don’’t use it.)t use it.)