Sometime in my twenties, I wrote a mission statement. I found it. Surprisingly I still like it and do my best to adhere to it, though I'd strike commandment #6, mainly due to the word "ought." That one's right up there with "should." Follow the desires that align with your heart/mind/body/soul complex and you need not worry about the oughts. Do you have a mission statement? What would yours look like? Mission Statement I am committed to fulfilling my creative potential. By utilizing my core beliefs and values I shall endeavor to live a spiritual life that inspires and transforms. The core beliefs and values are: freedom, honesty, faith, love, creativity, spiritual growth, discipline, generosity, gratitude, happiness, health, silence, ritual. My purpose: Survival – to provide the basic needs for my physical survival by making money, having healthy food to eat, having a comfortable home in which to live, and having a car as needed. Relationship – to de...

  "Don't ask kids what they want to be when they grow up but what problems they want to solve. This changes the conversation from who do I want to work for, to what do I need to learn to do that." -Jaime Casap I love this quote. There is much to be desired in our educational system, and this quote speaks volumes for me. I would bet anyone $1,000 that had I been asked this question as a child I could've explained the precise path that I have placed myself on today. But, like you probably, I was never asked this, only the question "what do I want to be when I grow up?" The only real answer to that question I ever had was "I just want to be me," though I knew that's not what was being asked. In my last post, I wrote about listing all of your skills - any and all that you could possibly think of. Today, we're going to formulate a mission statement. A few years ago, I came across the idea of personal branding - like a company brand, but this ...