How do you write a personal mission statement?

Steps to developing your mission statement:

Identify past successes: Look at your life at work, in the community, with the family, and at school. See if there is a common theme throughout these successes and write them down.

Identify your core values: Go back to the "instrumental" and "terminal" values list and determine which ones are the most important to you. Add other values if they do not appear in the list.

Identify the contributions you want to make in your life. How do you want to make a difference? This can be applied to your work, your community, your family, your country, or to the world at large.

Identify your goals and priorities in life, both short-term and long-term; write them down.

On the basis of the previous steps, write a personal mission statement