3 steps to your Personal Mission Statement

Lipstick © Simon EvansDo you need what Stephen R. Covey calls a «Personal Mission Statement»? What for?

Let's leave aside what companies or political parties want to tell you about their so-called mission. Compared to these, drafting a Personal Mission Statement (and updating it from time to time) can be real fun. If you do it well, the statement will give you

• Orientation: What are the values that guide your life?
• Identity: How can you unfold your personality in a world that gets more chaotic, every day?
• Decision support: What should you stick with when you find yourself in a complicated situation?
• Sound relationships: What can other people expect of you?

How do you draft a great Personal Mission Statement? After some thinking, I arrived at a simple set of criteria. My statement shall be  » Read more