The article "You Need A Mission Statement" talks about motivation, it has been created by Phil Gerbyshak.
Why do you need a mission statement? To paraphrase the old parable, imagine you're climbing a ladder in your life, higher and higher you climb, not looking down, just climbnig.
One day, you look down and you realize you've been climbing up the right ladder, but it's set against the wrong condo.
The wrong condo trouble happens because you didn't set your mission.So what are of the characterstics of a good mission statement? It should be hand-written, and 3-5 sentences will do just fine.
Hand writing it will help you commit it to memory, and being breif allows you to bend it as time goes by.
You should post it smoeplace you can see it frequently.
I would recommend you put it on an index card and put it in your wallet or pusre and pull it out frequently.
The more often you review it, the more it will become part of you.
You should commit it to your memory, as it is the central theme that runs through your life.Looking for help? Here a few tools that might help you build your own personal mission statement:The Franklin Covey mission builder
Nightingale-Conant mission statement builder
List of Corporate Mission StatementsPhil Gerbyshak leads a team of IT help desk professionals in Milwaukee, WI, and finds that sharing his knowledge is a crucial component in his success as a leader and as a person. Phil's personal philosophy is paraphrsaed from Tim Sanders' cool book Love is the Killer App: "Share your knowledge, your network, and your love.
The rest will follow." Read more of Phil's idaes at http://makeitgreat.Org
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