Your Mission or Vision Statement?

Posted on June 11, 2008
Filed Under My Intents

Personal mission or vision statements are critical.

Why do you think companies have mission statements? To set the tone and guidelines for the corporation. To answer the high-level questions like, what does this business stand for?

Personal statements can be just as powerful. Anytime you feel off track all you have to do is read it.

Below is a great one I found… Enjoy!

” I do not choose to be a common man. It is my right to be uncommon. I seek to develop whatever talents God gave me—not security. I do not wish to be a kept citizen, humbled and dulled by having the state look after me. I want to take the calculated risk; to dream and to build, to fail and to succeed. I refuse to barter incentive for a dole. I prefer the challenges of life to the guaranteed existence; the thrill of fulfillment to the stale calm of utopia. I will not trade freedom for beneficence nor my dignity for a handout. I will never cower before any earthly master nor bend to any threat. It is my heritage to stand erect, proud and unafraid; to think and act myself, enjoy the benefit of my creations and to face the world boldly and say – ‘This, with God’s help, I have done.’ All this is what it means to be an American.”

By Dean Alfange from The Flying W Ranch, Colorado Springs, CO