How to Create a Personal Mission Statement

A personal mission statement is what you make of it. A successfully written one should always be open to changes as you yourself change, learn and grow. Drawing from it as you continue to pursue your goals in life will help guide you in the positive direction you want your life to go. The following steps will aid you in creating your own personal mission statement.

Instructions

1. Define what values you hold high - the things that have an important impact on your daily living. These are things that you exert your energies the most towards achieving.

2. Write these values down. This will help you to better visualize exactly where you are now and where you want to be.

3. Determine how you can put these values into action. Write down specific steps on what you need to do to achieve each of them. Think of how your actions can have a positive affect on your family, friends and even how you perform your job.

4. Add in any changes that you would like to make in your life. Detail how you plan to make these changes. This is a part of your personal mission statement that will always be modified as you continue to reach your milestones and create new ones.

5. Place your completed mission statement in an easily accessible place that you can refer to often. Don't hesitate to make any changes along the way. The more deeply you reflect on what it is you truly desire, coupled with putting these changes and how to implement them in writing, will help you to focus on actually reaching your goals.

Resources

• Mission statement builder
• Mission statements