Last week I had someone ask me to help them create a short mission statement. I shared with them how I came to write my own mission statement. Below is what I shared as a guide in their process.
Over the past weekend I had an opportunity to do some service work. The outcome of that service work helped me to realize that I need to be clearer concerning my own mission statement. What I mean by becoming clearer concerning my mission statement is that I need examine how to best use my gifts, talents, abilities, time and energy to accomplish my mission as I seek to be of service.
“What I have learned through my training in martial arts is that becoming more effective involves a process of tweaking – adding to and taking away.” Craig J. Phillips MRC, BA
“I’m convinced that about half of what separates the successful entrepreneur from the non-successful ones is pure perseverance.” Steve Jobs
“Life is not easy for any of us. But what of that? We must have perseverance and above all confidence in ourselves. We must believe that was are gifted for something and that thing must be attained.” Marie Curie
The service opportunity over the past weekend helped me to gain insight into my service delivery. The service opportunity helped me realize that I need to be very specific in how I see myself effectively participating in being of service. As I reflected on my past experience, I remembered that for many years I attempted to use what I had to give in ways that did not work for me.
As a result, I found myself hired and fired from many jobs over a 20-year period. So, I spent another 7 years after being told I was unemployable and began receiving SSDI to look for a way. I found that way on February 6, 2007. A way that would work for me to begin to be of service.
“Don’t lose faith. I’m convinced that the only thing that kept me going was that I loved what I did. You’ve got to find what you love. And that is as true for your work as it is for your lovers. Your work is going to fill a large part of your life, and the only way to be truly satisfied is to do what you believe is great work. And the only way to do great work is to love what you do. If you haven’t found it yet, keep looking. Don’t settle. As with all matters of the heart, you’ll know when you find it. And, like any great relationship, it just gets better and better as the years roll on. So, keep looking until you find it. Don’t settle.” Steve Jobs
The decision involved how I could use my gifts, talents, abilities and skills to do what I love. To encourage people, like myself, who are living with a brain injury to not give up. What became apparent to me was that I needed to learn how to use Second Chance to Live. Learn how to use what I loved to do in a way that would work, given my understanding of what did not work.
The service opportunity over the weekend helped me to realize that I would need to tweak my service delivery. Tweak my service delivery to share my gifts, talents and abilities to be more effective. For me this process has been a journey of learning how to communicate more effectively through writing articles, creating video presentations and other resources through my website.
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