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TABLE 5.2 Personal Vision Statement Tool #1

Things I Really
Enjoy Doing

Issues or Causes
I Care Deeply
About

The Two Best
Moments of My Past
Week

Three Things I'd Do
If Money or Time was
Not an Issue

What I'd Like
to Stop Doing
or Do as Little
as Possible

My Most
Important Values
(Circle)

Things I Can Do at
the Good-to-Excellent
Level

Things I Can Do to
Serve the People that
Matter the Most to Me

TABLE 5.3 Personal Vision Statement Tool #2

1. Based on my personal research, these are the main things that motivate me/bring
me joy and satisfaction:

2. My greatest strengths/abilities/traits/things I do best:

3. At least two things I can start doing/do more often that use my strengths and bring
me joy:

4. This is my Personal Vision Statement for myself (in 50 words or less):

be and the more likely you are to visualize it. A few useful questions to ask
yourself as you develop your personal vision statement include:

What do I believe my purpose is as a leader? l

What are my most important values? l

What are the things that I really enjoy?

l

What brings me happiness/joy?

l

What are the issues and causes that I care deeply about?

l

What are my primary strengths? l

What are the things that I'd like to stop doing or do as little as possible? l

How can my purpose best serve the people that matter most to me?

l

Table 5.2 can be used to categorize your answers to these questions.
After you've completed these questions, consider the holistic perspective that
results from the things that bring you happiness, your values, strengths, and desire
to serve. Capture this perspective by summarizing your thoughts in Table 5.3 .

Your Personal Mission Statement

Mission Statement

A mission statement is a brief description of what to focus on in the short term, and should
direct your energy, actions, behaviors, and decisions towards the activities necessary to
accomplish the vision.