It is common for organizations to define a mission, vision, and a set of values and then develop their tasks aligned with them, but have you ever thought about defining your personal mission?
Let's start by clarifying what a mission is and is not, and what the benefit of defining it is. A mission is not an objective, a role, your race, religion or name. When we talk about mission, we refer to the meaning you give to your life, that knowing it will allow you to answer questions such as Who am I? What am I here for? and what is my purpose in life?
Properly defining your mission allows you to empower yourself, focus, integrate yourself, and anchor.
Advice to define your mission:
Here are some questions that can help you reflect when generating your personal mission (It is not necessary to answer all the questions, just those that make more sense to you).
- What do you enjoy doing?
- In which activities do you find fulfillment?
- What are the spaces in society that most call you?
- When do you truly recognize yourself as passionate about what you are and do?
- What do you think you are in life for?
- How do you want to be remembered?
- What things do you keep choosing even in adverse circumstances?
- What would you be willing to give up for your mission?
- What would you like to tell the world that you are?
- If you could choose, Who would you choose to be?
Having answered these questions, I suggest to define your mission:
- Express commitments with the Being.
- Be clear.
- Brief and concise.
- Specify the activity.
- Name to whom it is directed (Audience-clients-social segment).
- Provide energy and direction.
- Serve as a context for decision-making.
The mission transcends the axis of temporality (past, present and future) and for this reason its statement is described by infinitive verbs (ending in ar, er, ir).
For example, my mission as a Coach is "To be of service and connect people with their commitment and chosen way of being".
Always remember that your mission impacts others... When we define our mission and are congruent with it, we serve others.
"The Leader who Serves harbors a mission in his heart and declares it" by Alejandro Marchesan, The Leader Who Serves
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