Personal Mission Statements (“Be yourself, who else is bettered qualified?”- Frank J. Giblin II

Purpose of Developing a Personal Mission Statement Offers the opportunity to establish what’s important and perhaps make a decision to stick to it before we even start a career. (Stephen Covey) Helps to connect to your own unique purpose and the profound satisfaction that comes in fulfilling it. (Covey) Living by a statement of what’s really important to you. The you you always wanted to be. Identifying core values and beliefs, an articulation of what you’re all about and what success looks like to you.

Steps Toward Developing a Personal Mission Statement Identify past successes. Identify core values (four or five). Identify contributions. Identify goals (short-term and long-term) Write a mission statement based upon the first four steps.