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Become Your Own CEO
Your Dreams
We all have dreams. Many of us abandoned them years, if not decades, ago. Your dreams are part of you. They define you. They are your lodestar to direct your life. There is a reason we have dreams. They do not occur by happenstance. They are not merely a flight of our imaginations. They are innate in us and they are there to provide form and shape to our purpose. Listen to and write down your dreams. They will define your goals.
Your Mission
Companies have mission statements. Non profits have them. Trade associations and voluntary bar associations have them. Firms have them. Most everyone has them because they’re crucial in identifying the “why” or the purpose of an organization. Take the time to write down, in a simple, straight forward and direct manner what your mission is, and try to reduce it to a single sentence. Write it on a business card or post it and keep it near you to always remind you what your purpose is.
Your Vision
If your mission statement is your “why,” then your vision statement is “how” you achieve your “why.” As with your mission statement, reduce your vision statement to a sentence (perhaps two) describing your “how.”
Your Values
Your values establish the standards by which you live your life, which directs what goals you set for yourself and how you will pursue them. Write out your core values because they will create the lane in which you drive your plan.
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