Have you ever sat down to write your Personal Mission Statement only to feel totally lost or overwhelmed? You’re not alone. And that’s because there is one big mistake that could derail your whole process!
It all comes down to this…
To write an inspiring Personal Mission Statement, you need to be clear about what a Personal Mission Statement is. That’s the big mistake – not being clear about what you are creating. If you don’t get this right, your efforts will be wasted.
And this applies to Mission Statement for organisations too!
That might seem obvious but a lot of people confuse a Mission and a Vision. Then, you also have purpose, values, and manifestos. No wonder people become overwhelmed.
In this post, I’ll share a simple way to learn the difference between these terms. And you can find out which one will work best for you. The bonus is this will make it much easier to write.
To get clear about each one we need a map or a framework that lets us compare and contrast them.
And that’s where Bernice McCarthy comes in.
While she was working as a school teacher in the US in the 1970s, McCarthy noticed how her students learnt in different ways. And with a little help from Carl Jung and David Kolb, she created a teaching framework.
She called it the 4-Mat model. No surprise, it had four main parts. And it was based on our motivation for learning.
Now we have our framework let’s map Vision, Mission, Purpose and Values onto it.
Now, where does a Manifesto fit in all of this?
All of these things – Vision, Mission, Purpose and Values are intentions we set for ourselves. And that’s what a Manifesto is – a public declaration of your intent. That’s why ‘Manifesto’ is the umbrella term for them all.
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