Hello, Midway HRM 403: here is the outline promised

MY NOTES TOWARD
DEVELOPING A PERSONAL
MISSION STATEMENT
Paschal Baute, 1997b, revised

EXERCISE: TAKE TIME TO DEEPLY PONDER THESE QUESTIONS

What do I feel are my greatest strengths?
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What strengths have others who know me well noticed in me?

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What do I deeply enjoy doing?
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What qualities of character do I most admire in others?
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Who is the one person (several?) that has made the greatest positive
impact on my life?
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Why was that person (those persons) able to have such significant
impact?
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What have been my happiest moments?
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Why were they happy?
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If I had unlimited time and resources, what would I choose to do?

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When I daydream, what do I see myself doing?
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What are the 3 or 4 most important things to me?
1)_______________________________2)_________________
3)_______________________________4)_________________
When I look at my work life, what activities do I consider of greatest worth
and interest?
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When I look at my personal life, what activities do I consider of greatest
worth?
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What can I do best that would be of worth to others?
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What talents do I have that no one else really knows about?

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Though I may have dismissed such thoughts may times before for various
reasons, are
there activities I feel I really should do? What are they?
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It has been said, "everyone must find their own Mt. Everest to climb."
What would / could your own Mt. Everest be?
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What are my physical needs and capacities (and limits)?
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How satisfied am I with my current level of fulfillment in the physical area?
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What quality of life outcomes do I want that are different from what I now
have in this area?
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What principles / goals / values / practices will create these outcomes?

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What are my social needs and capacities?
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How satisfied are I with my current level of fulfillment in the social area?
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What quality of life outcomes do I want that are different from what I now
have in this area?
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What principles / goals / values will create these outcomes?
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What are my mental needs and capacities?
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How satisfied are I with my current level of fulfillment in the mental area?
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What quality of life outcomes do I want that are different from what I now
have in this area?
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What principles / goals / values will create these outcomes?
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What are my spiritual needs and capacities?
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How satisfied am I with my current level of fulfillment in the spiritual area?
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What quality of life outcomes do I want that are different from what I now
have in this area?
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What principles / goals / values will create these outcomes?
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Where do I see my physical, social, mental and spiritual needs and
capacities meshing and overlapping?
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What do I view as are my a) important and b) essential roles in life?
a)
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b) ___________________________________________________
What are the most important lifetime goals I want to fulfill in each role?
A) __________________________________________________
b) ___________________________________________________
What results am I currently getting in my life that I like or want?
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What patterns or attitudes are producing these results?
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What results am I getting in my life that I do not want or like?
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What are the patterns, attitudes or paradigms that are producing these
results?
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What would I really like to be and to do in my life?
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What are the important principles / goals / values upon which my being
and doing are based?
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What is the core, central value, the tap root of my life from which I would
like all other principles / values / outcomes to proceed?
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Everyone sabotages themselves sooner or later by attitudes, scripts,
assumptions and illusions about life and relationships that are mostly
outside awareness. What would someone who knows you well suggest as
the most likely way you will sabotage your own best efforts. Be willing to
ask and listen carefully to others. Ways I am likely to sabotage myself
are: 1) ___________________________________________________
2)_________________________________________________3)______
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What is your plan for preventing this self-sabotage? (Note: this may be
the most important question of all)______________
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What feedback will you seek and get from others to help you keep on
track?
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Who are your best sources for this
feedback?_________________________________

Suggestion: be sure to share and discuss these with someone you trust to
listen well.

Here is a tip on personal change:
Any new behavior you practice for 21 days straight becomes a habit. Two
new habits are necessary for a new attitude. Two attitudes are necessary
to establish a core value. When this core value gets really tested or
conflicts with another core value, you may need to decide which is the
most important, and then establish another habit and/or attitude to
support that new priority, so that it becomes not simply notional, but
operational, where the "rubber hits the road," or so that you can "walk
your talk."
None of us totally "walk our talk," which is the reason ongoing feedback is
not merely useful but necessary for growth.