Path : Creating Your Mission Statement for Work and for Life

by Jones, Laurie Beth

• ISBN13: 9780786862276
• ISBN10: 0786862270
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 1996-05-02
• Publisher: HYPERION

Summary

In a world in which we are daily forced to make decisions that lead us either closer to or further from our goals, no tool is as valuable in providing direction as a mission statement - a brief, succinct, and focused statement of purpose that can be used to initiate, evaluate, and refine all of life's activities. A carefully thought out mission statement acts as both a harness and a sword - harnessing you to what is true about your life, and cutting away all that is false.

Author Biography

Laurie Beth Jones, author of the national bestsellers Jesus, CEO; The Path; and Jesus in Blue Jeans, is a highly acclaimed speaker and consultant.

Table of Contents

Introduction	p. ix
Finding Your Mission	p. 1
Three Elements of a Good Mission Statement	p. 3
Eleven False Assumptions about Missions	p. 9
Forming a Sense of Mission	p. 23
Who Are You?	p. 33
Personalities with a Past	p. 33
The Power of Positive Prophecy	p. 38
Finding Your USP	p. 41
Looking at Your Gifts--Today	p. 44
Your Passion Is Your Power	p. 49
Creating the Vision Statement	p. 71
Sustaining Creative Tension	p. 93
Fulfilling Your Mission	p. 101
The Eight Action Steps to Succes	p. 103
Case Studies	p. 115
Nehemiah	p. 115
Joan of Arc	p. 131
Queen Esther	p. 140
Joseph	p. 149
Moses	p. 155
Ruth	p. 161
Pitfalls and Potholes	p. 169
Case History: Personal	p. 211
Meditations	p. 227
Conclusion	p. 231
Acknowledgments	p. 233
Gift Offer	p. 235
Index	p. 237
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