Know where you are going in life

Creating a vision and a mission of what you ant out of life will provide you with some direction and momentum to move forward.

People who are low in confidence and those that are generally stuck in a rut lack some direction and purpose to their life and therefore just drift along, letting events happen to them rather than going out and making them happen.

When you have a compelling vision, you will feel good about yourself. You know where you are going life and have a purpose to it all.

Ask yourself the following question:

What do you really want to get out of life?

A true mission has to express your purpose for existence.

I have devised a series of questions for you to ask yourself in order for you to do some soul searching and to give yourself some insights into what you are all about and why you are here:

• When you were a child, what did you want to be "When you grew up?"
• Name three people who have had the biggest influence on your life and why?
• If you could do anything for a living and get paid whatever you wanted, what would you do?
• Name your top three achievements of your life so far?
• What was so special about them?
• When you are at your most happiest in life? what are you doing?
• Name three people that you admire the most?
• Why do you admire them? What characteristics and qualities do they have?
• Have you ever done anything for anyone less fortunate than yourself?
• If yes, what was it? If no, why not?
• What are your greatest strengths?
• What could you do in life to maximise your strengths?
• Is there anything that you would be willing to put everything on the line for?
• What would it be and why?
• If you could have your time over again, what would you have done so far?
• What results are you currently having in your life which you are pleased with?
• What results are you currently having in your life which you are not pleased with?
• If you could pass on a piece of wisdom to the whole world that you have learned in your life to date, what would it be?
• What do you value the most in your life?
• What would you really like to do with your life?

The whole point of getting you to think about those questions above was to really get you to think about what you want and wanted for your life.

Answer the questions yourself and write down your own mission statement below:

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Writing a mission statement is not easy and it shouldn't be something that is rushed.

It shouldn't be something that is just put on a "to do" list to be fitted in-between dinner and bedtime either!

Instead, if possible you should try and get away from your normal environment.

Go for a walk, or take a short break - your mission in life is far too important to be skimmed over.

When people lack a mission in life, they tend to just have materialistic goals and want "things".

But after people have achieved, achieved and achieved some more they say to themselves "Is that all there is?"

Success without fulfilment is failure!

Your mission statement is just that; it is a statement about why you are here on earth.

Another good exercise for you to complete is to write your own obituary!

This is an ideal way to get you to think about what you want to do in your life time.

Pretend that you have just passed on; think about your achievements, your life's work and what you have done for others in your lifetime.

What will you be remembered for when you pass on?

Write your own obituary of what your life was about and what difference it made.