Not being in school any longer (except of course for the school of life), I have to rethink this model (vision, mission, goals) in accordance with the context of my life, which is a delicate balance of work, play, family, friends, sports, duty, ministry, and self-care. I believe that I was failing miserably to implement this paradigm by the time I was in my 40s. It's time for me to give it another go and aim to succeed! Thanks for this great article.
Thanks Jim, let me know how it goes! I think the key is for the process to be one of continuous reflection. One’s vision, mission, and core values are stable, but not static and progressively develop and deepen with time.
This is a valuable insight for me. Thank you. Just for the sake of survival, one of the strategies that I found necessary to implement on a daily basis following my brain surgery was to make and meet daily goals without fail. Many of the goals were small and easily achieved, e.g. spend some time in a foreign language or play a brain game so that I could check off those boxes... and I am still checking off boxes to this very day. This is great, except that it has taken my focus away from the bigger picture. So whenever I think about vision and mission, it overwhelms me when I try to view the even bigger picture of getting my goals to line up with more life defining objectives (vision), since my daily goals and habits have become more or less cemented into my lifestyle. It's when I add new goals to match the vision and mission that I start to overload. Reflection indeed! I need to rethink the whole thing.
Not being in school any longer (except of course for the school of life), I have to rethink this model (vision, mission, goals) in accordance with the context of my life, which is a delicate balance of work, play, family, friends, sports, duty, ministry, and self-care. I believe that I was failing miserably to implement this paradigm by the time I was in my 40s. It's time for me to give it another go and aim to succeed! Thanks for this great article.
Thanks Jim, let me know how it goes! I think the key is for the process to be one of continuous reflection. One’s vision, mission, and core values are stable, but not static and progressively develop and deepen with time.
This is a valuable insight for me. Thank you. Just for the sake of survival, one of the strategies that I found necessary to implement on a daily basis following my brain surgery was to make and meet daily goals without fail. Many of the goals were small and easily achieved, e.g. spend some time in a foreign language or play a brain game so that I could check off those boxes... and I am still checking off boxes to this very day. This is great, except that it has taken my focus away from the bigger picture. So whenever I think about vision and mission, it overwhelms me when I try to view the even bigger picture of getting my goals to line up with more life defining objectives (vision), since my daily goals and habits have become more or less cemented into my lifestyle. It's when I add new goals to match the vision and mission that I start to overload. Reflection indeed! I need to rethink the whole thing.