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TOPUCU Standard Workbook Mission Statement: Part 9

MISSION STATEMENT: PART 9
2. What do you do to contribute to your 4. How does your own personal approach to
overall good health? What other steps can overall physical health affect other people YOUR MISSION STATEMENT
you take to further your commitment to in your world? (i.e. your family, your
THE FIRST DRAFT
healthy living? friends, your community, etc.)

Example: I eat at least one fruit a day, Example: I cook healthy meals for my
but I can make an effort to eat more; family and encourage them to make Welcome to Mission Statement Part 9 of WRITING YOUR MISSION
I make it a priority to get an annual healthy choices; I lead a walking group; the TOPUCU Finisher Program. Today we All of the sections you’ve completed prior
check up with a doctor. I help keep my friend accountable are going to take everything you’ve written to this will be incorporated. The objective
by lifting weights with him 2 to 3 times so far and build the first draft of your today is to get everything down on paper in
a week; etc. PERSONAL MISSION STATEMENT. To get
you started, here are the mission statements the general format of a mission statement
of a few well-known companies and (we’ve provided a guide to that format in
individuals. Take some time to read through this lesson). Don’t worry about grammar,
them and then we’ll get started on yours! spelling, flow, or any of that stuff. Just refer
back to your previous work and begin
plugging it in. And if something new comes

MISSION STATEMENT: to you, feel free to add it in as well!
We’ve strategically spent time thinking
Example:
critically and writing about every facet of
“At Microsoft, we work to help people and your life and personal development. And
businesses throughout the world realize we’ve focused primarily on the positive
3. Think about the last time you worked FINISHING UP!
out, exercised or did a physical activity. their full potential. This is our mission. aspects and what it means to be successful
Afterward, how did you feel physically? Great work! In the next part we will use Everything we do reflects this mission and in different areas of your life. At some
How did you feel mentally? everything you’ve written over the last few the values that make it possible.” points it may have seemed slow or tedious,
parts of this Finisher Program to build the Microsoft - Computer Technology Giant but every step you’ve taken has been an
first draft of your PERSONAL MISSION important building block in this process.
STATEMENT. This is going to be an amazing Remember what the Starter Program
experience! You have already written so taught us about forming good habits –
much about who you are and what you we have to perform a task over and over
believe. Hopefully you’ve begun to notice MISSION STATEMENT: again until our brain accepts it as a
several positive patterns. Maybe you’ve natural part of our routine.
found yourself repeating certain things over Example: Now your brain is primed and you’re
and over in several sections – and that’s “To be a teacher and to be known for ready to begin. So gather all of your
perfectly fine. Or maybe, through these inspiring my students to be more than writing from the past 8 parts, review
exercises, you’ve discovered something new they thought they could be.” the guide we’ve provided in the next
about yourself! So come back ready to work. section and start writing!
And remember – don’t skip this step and Oprah Winfrey - TV Personality
don’t take short cuts. This is your life! and Entrepreneur
Don’t cheat yourself!

"The thing I learned is that you don't invent your mission, you detect it.
You uncover it, as it were." — Stephen R. Covey

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