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

                                                                                                                                      MISSION STATEMENT:                                       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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