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Personal Mission Statement Template

Feel free to combine these sentences in any way so that your personal mission statement

reads as you would like it to. You may shorten it, change the order, add something……

you decide, it’s your mission statement

"To ... [what you want to achieve, do or become] ... so that ... [reasons why it is

important]. I will do this by ... [specific behaviors or actions you can use to get there]."

"I value (choose 1-3 values important to you) because ...[reasons why these values are

important to you]. Accordingly, I will ...[what you can do to live by these values]."

"To develop and cultivate the qualities of …(2-3 values or character traits) ... that I

admire in ...[an influential person in your life]... so that ...[why you want to develop these

qualities]."

"To live each day with ...[choose one to three values or principles]... so that ...[what living

by these values will give you]. I will do this by ...[specific behaviors you will use to live

by these values]."

"To appreciate and enjoy ...[things you want to appreciate and enjoy more] by ...[what

you can do to appreciate/enjoy these things]."

"To treasure above all else ...[most important things to you] by ...[what you can do to live

your priorities]."

"To be known by ...[an important person/group]... as someone who is ...[qualities you

want to have]...; by ...[some other person/group]... as someone who is ...[other

qualities]...; ..."

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Elements of a Personal Mission Statement

Part One:

To:

!What you want to achieve, do or become?

So that:

!Why is this important to you?

I will do this by:

!Specific behaviors or actions you plan to take to get there

Part Two:

I value:

!Choose 1-3 values important to you.

Because:

!Reasons why these values are important to you.

Accordingly I will:

!What you are doing (or can do) to live by these values.

Part Three:

To develop and cultivate the qualities of:

!2-3 values or character traits

That I admire in:

!An influential person in your life

So that:

!Why you want to develop these qualities

Part Four:

To appreciate and enjoy:

!Things you want to appreciate and enjoy more

By:

!What you can do to appreciate/enjoy these things

Part Five

To treasure above all else: !Most important things to you

By:

!What you can do to live your priorities

Part Six:

To be known by:

!An important person/group

As someone who is:

!Qualities you want to

have

By: !Some other person/group

As someone who is:

!Other qualities you want to

have

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Values List

Accomplishment

Achievement

Adventure

Balance

Beauty

Belonging

Challenge

Change

Charity

Comfort

Community

Compassion

Competence

Competitiveness

Control

Cooperation

Creativity

Culture

Democracy

Diversity

Loyalty

Economic Stability

Education

Efficiency

Environment

Ethical Behavior

Fairness

Fame

Family

Freedom

Friendship

Fun

Health

Hobbies

Honesty

Honor

Inclusiveness

Independence

Influence

Inner Harmony Relationships

Integrity

Intellectual Status

Intelligence

Involvement

Job Security

Joy

Knowledge

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Leadership Skills

Learning

Love

Loyalty

Money

Nature

New Experiences

Openness

Order

Originality

Peace

Personal Development

Power

Prestige

Privacy

Professional Growth

Public Service

Purity

Purpose

Quality

Recognition

Respect

Responsibility

Security

Self-awareness

Self-esteem

Self-respect

Serenity

Social Justice

Spirituality

Stability

Status

Team Work

Time

Tradition

Trust

Truth

Vision

Wealth

Wisdom!

Others:

Circle your top 10 values from the list above.

Narrow down this list to your top 5 values. Record them below.

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Vision Action Planning Worksheet

"The victory of success is half won when one gains the habit of setting goals and

achieving them. Even the most tedious chore will become endurable as you parade

through each day convinced that every task, no matter how menial or boring, brings

you closer to fulfilling your dreams."

Og Mandino: Author, The Greatest Salesman in the World.

Write a clear statement of your personal vision below:

What practical steps will you need to take to achieve your personal vision?

What obstacles or barriers may prevent you from achieving your personal vision?

What steps will you need to take to address these barriers?

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Once these barriers are identified, develop your plan into an action plan using the

attached template

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