Objective: To formulate a personal vision, mission, and goals. Step 1: Brainstorm Try and think bad to when you were five years old. You probably had a dream of what you wanted to do when you grew up. Did you want to be a police officer? A fire-fighter? A doctor? A famous athlete? The President? This was your first experience with a vision. Then you probably decided you wanted to be the best doctor in the country and cure every disease. This bEcame your mission. But first, you needed a plan. You knew that you had to have a combination of higher education and plenty of experience. As you bEcame older, you decided to study hard in school so you would be accepted to a college, and you even volunteered with the local hospital. These plans were your goals. You set attainable goals for yourself and kept raising the standards until your mission was complete. But even than, you continued to be the bast doctor in the world and still serve everyone in need. You became a leader. Step I: Begin putting together your personal vision. Guidelines for Constructing a Vision 1 . Make it EICITING! 2. Challenge yourself and others to reach new heights. 3. Put a deeply held value or feeling into words. 4. Portray a realistic future. Before you attempt to write your vision statement, write down significant past events. Write down the best and the worst things that have happened to you in your life. Make a note next to each event about why the event was good-\"bad. What themes and pattems are revealed by the major events in our life? What important personal strengths are revealed? What do these themes and patten'is tell you about what you're likely to find personally compelling in the future? From this information answer the following questions: - What in life absolutely obse:ses me? - What is my dream about my school and my education? - What do I do thatl find absorbing, involving, enthralling, exciting, etc.? What will happen in ten years if I remain absorbed, involved, enthralled, excited, etc.? - What doEs my ideal life look like? - What is my personal agenda? What do I want to prove? Step 3: Write a short vision statEment in your MS- IIrl'lford doc or lIEoogle Doc. Taking all of the information and ideas you have just gathered, write your own ideal and unique image of the future for yourself and for your peersrcommurrity. Make sure your statement is short, bEcause you ought to be able to tell it to others in about 5 minutes. nce you have written it, try drawing it, finding a picture that resembles it, or creating a symbol that represents it! Finally, create a short slogan of five to nine words that captures the essence of your vision. A brief slogan is very useful in communication. It's not a substitute for a complete statEment, but it should help others to remEmber the main theme of your vision. Personal Vision Statement Examples: My life vision is to sarve children and familiES through teaching art, music and language development to enrich, value and be a part of children's lives through a team of individuals determined to work together in excellence and truly see dreams come true. Mid'iele My life vision is to see everyone, including my family, enjoy peace and rights, so that they can realize their full potential in life. Phillip Step 4: Write a short mission statement in your document Organizations and individuals have goals that focus on improving themselves as well as the lives of others. Therefore, they create a philosophical statement of the human and societal needs and problems the organization exists to serve. This is referred to as a mission statement. Personal Mission Statement Exam ple: My mission is to act as an instrument of positive change in my family, my work and my community. I will utilize all of the talents that I have been given and will participate in all aspEcts of my life with energy, purpose and gratitude. I will utilize my talents in strategy and administration to ensure that my home is loving and calm, my workplace is productive and positive and my community is responsive and growing. Through this focus I Iwill give more than I take and Iwill provide a positive role model for those around me. Step 5: Write at least :3! three goals that support your mission statement in your document. Remember: Goals are the plan of action needed to reach a vision. Goals establish the framework of your vision. When developing your goals, you should rEmem her to keEp them realistic and attainable. Furthermore, goals should fulfill the mission statement. STEPS TO CREATING POWERFUL WRITTEN GDAIJ': I. Make sure that the goal you are working for is something you really want, not just something that sounds good. I. A goal can not contradict any of your other goals. 3. Write down your goal using positive language. Think about what you want, not what you do not want. 4. Write each goal out in complete detail. 5. Write your goal as though it is already accomplished. Make sure to proofread your work and do not submit your assignment with any spelling.f grammar errors. Have fun