Mission- Getting to the Core of What You're About?

Thanks Gang for an absolutely fabulous Moving Beyond Limits Call on Wednesday. I have created 3 posts on Vision, Mission, and Goals as we've discussed. Please add your comments and share experiences and what has worked for you. Let's first discuss how to create a Mission that get's to the core of who you are and drives you forward.

There are 2 steps to determining your mission:

1) Really get to know who you are-
What are your passions, strengths, talents, skills, values?
What gets you juiced?
What are your hot buttons?
What do you stand for?
What makes you jump out of bed in the morning?

When you design your life based on leveraging your natural abilities you get into flow.

2) Put your purpose into a single sentence-
~ the sentence expresses what you do and often who you serve
~ it is in simple language easily understood by a 12 year old
~ it fully expresses you and gets you excited (not watered down)

A few examples:
Google's- "to organize the world's information and make it universally accessible and useful."
Oprah's Angle Network- "dedicated to inspiring people to make a difference in the lives of others."
Amazon's- "to build a place where people can come to find and discover anything they might want to buy online."
The Red Cross'- "will provide relief to victims of disasters and help people prevent, prepare for, and respond to emergencies."

Mine- "100% committed to coaching big thinkers to be unlimited, stand out in a crowd, and experience the vastness of their capabilities." Every section of this sentence represents something important to me.

Here are a few resources:
Books-Now, Discover Your Strengths by Marcus Buckingham & Donald O. Clifton, PhD
Stand Up for Your Life by Cheryl Richardson- exercises for getting know you
The Path- Creating Your Mission Statement for Work and Life by Laurie Beth Jones (Christian based)
On-line-
http://www.authentichappiness.org- free VIA Strengths Assessment- created by Dr. Martin Seligmen
Exercise
Think from the end. At the end of your life what is the one thing you do NOT want to regret?

Don't think too much when doing this... following your heart and gut. Have fun!!

As we continue to be unlimited at work and play~
Beth
www.StartingNowCoaching.com

Creating the Vision that Propels You Forward

Thanks Gang for an exceptional call on Wednesday. I have created 3 posts on Vision, Mission, and Goals as per our discussion. Please share your comments on what you are doing and what works for you.

Holding your vision is equal to taking responsibility to motivate yourself. It's the 'why'. Why are you doing what you're doing? The more vivid your vision the more likely you will take action to get there. Consider when you get a craving for a certain food. You begin to see it, smell it, taste it, and experience the satisfaction of having it. Before you know it you are running to the grocery store or your favorite restaurant to pound it down.

When creating a vision: You are creating your ultimate end result.

• Make it intense, vivid, colorful, and very clear.
• Make it big enough to get you excited to run towards it. It does not have to be actualized. It allows you not to limit yourself. Such as Martin Luther King- "I have a dream that my four little children will one day live in a nation where they will not be judged by the color of their skin but by the content of their character." It drove him forward. It inspired others and drove them forward. Has it been actualized? Not yet. Worthwhile? Absolutely!
• Create a vision board with pictures, phrases, words, $ amounts, etc. to keep your vision in front of you daily.
• Close your eyes a few times daily and experience your end result as if it has already occurred. Feel the emotions.
• Allow it to propel you into action!
• Watch it come to life!

For more info on Vision see previous posts. What are you doing to keep your vision in front of you in order to stay motivated and attract the life you keep thinking about.

As we continue to be unlimited~
Beth
www.StartingNowCoaching.com

Goals- Step by Step to Your Vision

Thanks Gang for a fabulous call on Wednesday. I have created 3 posts on Vision, Mission, and Goals as we discussed. Please share your comments on what works for you.

Goals are the milestones to your vision. From past experience in helping hundred of people set goals I have found the biggest pitfall is that most people do not set clear, measurable goals. It really comes down to these steps:

1) A Clear Goal- You know exactly what you want... to write a book, to obtain a management position, to buy a new car, to pay off all credit cards. Something like 'To live a healthy lifestyle' would have to be clearly defined so you know exactly what your goal is.
2) Measurable- This is your score card. You can measure your progress. To pay off credit cards can be broken down into creating a budget and paying off so much per month.
3) Attainable- Unlike your vision your goals are attainable. Depending on your personality you can set them up to be easily attainable or to stretch yourself a bit if you like a challenge. For most people it is better to set goals you know you can achieve and build a track record of successes to build up confidence.
4) Have a Deadline- Set the date to achieve your goal and keep it in front of you.
5) Set up Action Steps- Set up the first 3 action steps you will take under each goal with deadlines to get you started. Action steps are the steps we take to reach goals. Begin!

What works for you to obtain your goals? Share your comments.

As we continue to be unlimited~
Beth
www.StartingNowCoaching.com