According to Stephen Covey, the author of Seven Habits of Highly Effective People, a Personal Mission Statement is “a powerful document that expresses your personal sense of purpose and meaning in life; it acts as a governing constitution by which you evaluate decisions and choose behaviors.”  Before I created my own personal mission statement, I questioned the importance of such a document.  People think its weird and funny stuff, but having a mission statement always gives you an evaluation criteria for making life decisions.  Five years later, I can see that it has shaped every aspect of my life. 

My Personal Mission Statement

In pursuit of excellence, my mission is to lead my life with integrity and, by seizing opportunities and using all available resources, to discover my massive potential for enriching and improving the lives of those around me.

I follow this mission with a vivid sense of my priorities. I work towards my future by choosing the long-term objectives over the short-term pleasures. Along with lots of careful planning, this allows me to maintain a positive direction in my life and a positive attitude. I shall implement habits that aid my mission, while recognizing and changing the habits that hinder it. But most importantly, I shall efficiently focus all my personal resources on my educational, athletic, and emotional goals without procrastinating or settling for the status quo.

I acknowledge that my greatest resource is the people who fall within my circle of influence. Life is a journey and every person chooses a unique path. I facilitate my mission by helping others find a better route and by not being afraid to follow someone else down the right road. I will practice what I preach. Duplicity towards others cripples my effectiveness. I will exercise congruency in action and in word.

I understand that experience is the best teacher and that action is always better than regret. Inaction is a choice in itself, and it has its own consequences. If I fear failure, I fear real success. Failure is merely an opportunity to understand the changes necessary to continue my journey in the right direction. I realize that I have many steps to climb to achieve true success; climbing even one a day will eventually get me there. Standing still will not. The opportunities for growth are always available; my job is to go out there and grab them.

There are those who make things happen, there are those who watch things happen, and there are those who wonder what happened.

I, Sandeep Koorse, make things happen.

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