Recap
-Mission statements represent who you are — your priorities, values and principles that measure your decisions.
-It provides overall direction and clarifies your purpose and meaning.
-When you clearly know what you want to be and to do in your life,
  you feel strong in your sense of mission.

  You’re no longer driven by everything little drama, whim
 and thing that happens to you.

Mission Statement Do's and Don'ts:
1) Humor, sarcasm, cynicism and eloquence are usually not good components of an effective mission statement. Simplicity, honesty and frankness are.
2) The best mission statements (in my opinion) are 1 to 5 sentences long.
3) Make certain you believe in your statement. If you do not believe it, it is a lie.

An Ongoing Process
Refining your mission statement is an ongoing process because
1) life changes (deaths, illnesses)
2) circumstances change (jobs, locations)
3) priorities change (saving for a home)
4) goals/dreams change (sing, now teach)
5) roles (spouse, parent)

**WRITE STATEMENTS**
Use Worksheets 3 and 4

Putting Your Mission Statement Into Practice
How do your current surroundings, schedule, and activities measure up with what you've described in your mission statement?
 -Consider things that you are currently doing that do not match-up.
  Do you need to make some changes?
 -Consider things that do match-up.
  Continuing with the activities you already do that support
  your mission statement is just as important as starting new ones.

Refer to your statement often.  Why?

Take the time to develop some principles that give more specific detail to various points in your statement.  Use your worksheets as guides.