SOCIAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL RESPONSIBILITIES
PERSONAL MISSION AND VISION STATEMENT FOR LIFE
In this module we will be giving you a summary of the important concepts for the chapter dealing
with Social and Environmental responsibilities.
Please consult your textbook
Unit 10, Lesson 2 Formulating a personal mission and vision statement for life
• Your personal mission statement is a formal summary of your goals and values
• It is a useful instrument that can help you to make choices in life
• It determines who you are, what you would like to become, how you feel, who you want to
be associated with and how you want to live
• Your vision shows your ability to use your insight and imagination to plan for your future
Differences between mission and vision statement
Vision statement Mission statement
• Declares what you would like to achieve in • Describes what you want now and how
the future you can achieve your long-term goals
• Answers the question: • Answers the questions:
“Where do I want to be?” “What am I doing?”
“How am I doing it?”
”For whom am I doing it?”
“How am I benefiting hereby?”
• It describes the ideal position you would • It is about the present that is leading to
like to be in in the future, within a certain the future
time span, i.e. 5 5/ 10 years
• It inspires you to give your best • How you are busy achieving your goal to
be where you would like to be
• Helps you to understand what you are
doing and why you are doing it
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PERSONAL MISSION AND VISION STATEMENT FOR LIFE
In this module we will be giving you a summary of the important concepts for the chapter dealing
with Social and Environmental responsibilities.
Please consult your textbook
Unit 10, Lesson 2 Formulating a personal mission and vision statement for life
• Your personal mission statement is a formal summary of your goals and values
• It is a useful instrument that can help you to make choices in life
• It determines who you are, what you would like to become, how you feel, who you want to
be associated with and how you want to live
• Your vision shows your ability to use your insight and imagination to plan for your future
Differences between mission and vision statement
Vision statement Mission statement
• Declares what you would like to achieve in • Describes what you want now and how
the future you can achieve your long-term goals
• Answers the question: • Answers the questions:
“Where do I want to be?” “What am I doing?”
“How am I doing it?”
”For whom am I doing it?”
“How am I benefiting hereby?”
• It describes the ideal position you would • It is about the present that is leading to
like to be in in the future, within a certain the future
time span, i.e. 5 5/ 10 years
• It inspires you to give your best • How you are busy achieving your goal to
be where you would like to be
• Helps you to understand what you are
doing and why you are doing it
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