May 2nd, 2008 by Iain Hamp |
Thanks to everyone for your feedback and support on the Personal Mission Statement Group Writing Project, and especially thanks to those who submitted outstanding entries! Here is the list of qualified entries:
The original contest called for the entrants to pick three favorites, but since there were only three entries received, I think the fairest way to determine the winners of the US $25 Amazon Gift Certificates will be to have each entrant pick their favorite two (you can vote for your own as one if you wish, totally up to you to judge which are the best). Please pick your favorite two entries and post a list with your favorite entries in your own blog (with a link back here so I know you’ve completed the task).
You have until May 14th. If I receive notice of all three of you completing the task ahead of that date, I’ll announce the winners sooner.
Again, many thanks to Chris, Jake, and Rob - I hope it was a meaningful exercise, and good luck to you!
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May 1st, 2008 by Iain Hamp |
Thanks to everyone for your feedback and support on the Personal Mission Statement Group Writing Project, and especially thanks to those who submitted entries. The full entries list will be posted Friday, May 2, before 5PM PST so that the second phase of the project can begin and we can determine the winners of the US $25 Amazon Gift Certificates!
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Apr 27th, 2008 by Iain Hamp |
An important learning from this Group Writing Project that I’ve had – first, find people interested in reading your content, then host a Group Writing Project. The good news for you is that there are two US $25 Amazon gift certificates as prizes, and so far only one person has submitted an entry. If you are good with math, you’ll realize your odds of winning one of the prizes if you submit your entry are not at all shabby right now.
- In case you’re wondering what the point of writing a personal mission statement is in the first place, here are a few thoughts:It can help your focus in getting a job aligned well with your strengths and interests
- By being aware of the things you value most in life, management of resources like time and money becomes significantly easier
- You create a potentially powerful filter to look at what life has to offer through, and decide if an opportunity is something you want to take advantage of or if it would just be a distraction to what you’d rather be spending your time on
As stated in the original post, simply send us an e-mail with a link to your entry, or post a comment in the original post for the group writing project so I can find your entry. Do that by Wednesday, April 30, at midnight Pacific Standard Time and you stand a nice chance of winning a US $25 Amazon gift certificate!
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Apr 25th, 2008 by Iain Hamp |
While you’re working on your entry for the Personal Mission Statement Group Writing Project, I thought it might be helpful to provide another example of what has been written in the past (not as a result of this particular project), and also some links to tips and advice on thinking through the process of writing one. None of them are specifically recommended (nor discouraged), but perhaps something will resonate strongly with you and aide you in your writing.
Lodewijk van den Broek not only created his Personal Mission Statement, but turned each piece of it into specific goals at his How to Be an Original blog. I like his advice on putting the mission statement together –
The process of sculpting the mission statement is a creative process. Take some parts, make phrases, shuffle them around, combine them, erase parts and so on. There’s no science in this, it needs to be a statement that feels right and has the right words in the right places for you.
Franklin Covey, who gets a decent chunk of money from me each year so I can keep my daily planner moving along, actually has an online Flash-based tool you can use to help you work through thinking about your Personal Mission Statement.
Randall S Hansen, PhD, has a nice, structured five-step approach to pulling together an effective Personal Mission Statement at the QuintCareers website. One of the many benefits of going through this writing exercise is coming up with a good filter to consider new job opportunities through in the future.
“A personal mission statement … allows job-seekers to identify companies that have similar values and beliefs and helps them better assess the costs and benefits of any new career opportunity.”
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Apr 23rd, 2008 by Iain Hamp |
“Innovation is the ability to see change as an opportunity - not a threat.” - unknown
While I’m not sure this is an all-encompassing definition of innovation, I do believe it belongs as a key part of discussing innovation.
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