Life Purpose Statement

Vision Statement
7/27/2009

Jackie Paulson © 2009

 Your Personal
Vision, Purpose,
and Mission
Statement
Identifying Your Strengths
 1. Your vision needs to reflect your strengths and
talents.
2. Your strengths and talents are about who you are.
3. What is special about you?
4. What makes you happy?
5. What do you love about yourself?
6. What are you best at?

Complete the following statements about yourself:

My strengths and talents are:

What I believe is special or distinct about me:

What I love most about myself:

Orienting Around Your Integrity

• You should place those points of integrity, those

principles and values you hold most dear, at the core
of your personal vision.
• Points of integrity are not the principles you think
you should hold, instead, they are the principles you
already stand for, that give your life and work
meaning.
• Here is a list of words that signify points of integrity:

health fairness respect rules

strength compassion power persuasion
fun freedom influence encouragem
sexuality spirituality honor ent

sensuality service trust mastering

love sacredness creativity winning

kindness security invention accomplishm

ent
grace home openness
peace
understandin family imagination
g community planning quiet
beauty partnership building calm
adventure growth challenge inner
courage enlightenmen discovery strength

risk t learning intuition

leadership happiness self- intellect

inspiration joy expression play

change support feelings truth

honesty contribution nature nurture

patience advocacy action wholeness

safety
vitality

➢ Pick your top three. If you have one that is not

listed, write it in:

1.____________________________
2.____________________________
3.____________________________
Using Your Imagination
The next resource that you need in order to create your
vision is your creative imagination. The following
exercise is designed to stimulate your creativity and
expand your awareness of what may be possible for you
in your life. Follow the exercise exactly as it is written.
You may ask someone to read it to you, while you close
your eyes, or tape record your own voice reading the
instructions. Give yourself enough time to relax before
you begin the exercise. Breathe easily. Then close your
eyes and allow the vision to form in your mind. Once you
have finished the exercise, take some time and write
your impressions below.

Let yourself begin to imagine a picture of your ideal

life. If you don’t see a picture, allow a felt sense of
your life to come to mind. Start by imaging your life
in the future, a year or two from today. As this vision
evolves, let it take its own shape and form. What
you see may surprise you. It is fine if this happens.
Let your imagination work for you here.

See or sense your life as an observer, looking at it

from the outside. You may see specifics or just have
an overall impression. Either one is fine. Take the
time to allow a clear awareness of your future life to
occur to you.

In this vision of your life, see that your life flourishes

because your true strengths and talents are evident,
to yourself and others. Your life allows your
strengths and passions to shine through your work.
As a result, your life attracts those people you most
want to have in your life.

See that your life is based on the most important

points of your personal integrity. Allow those points
of integrity to be at the core of your visions.

Your life fits within your best understanding of the

future, reflects your unique strengths and talents,
and is orientated around your points of integrity. As
you imagine this vision, let it be big and compelling
enough so that you feel very drawn to it. Let your
vision encompass all of this, imagining a life that is
fulfilling and extremely energizing for you.

Now I want you to experiment seeing or sensing this

vision with your eyes open. Open your eyes and still
retain a strong awareness of this vision. Now close
 your eyes and take a better look. This time I want
you to walk into the vision and notice how it feels to
be inside it. Adapt and adjust anything necessary so
that you resonate with the look, feel, and sound of
being inside your life.

Vision it close to your heart. Notice how it feels to

have it at the center of your chest. Now open your
eyes, still holding it in your heart. This is how it feels
to have a vision aligned with your own heart.

Once you complete the visualization, answer the

following questions:

What did you see or sense?

What pleases you about this vision?

What disturbs you about this vision?

What surprises you about this vision?

Your Vision Statement

Having a written vision, purpose, and mission statement
can keep your life focused. The first part of the
statement, the vision statement, is a brief sentence or
two at most that sums up what you see as being
possible.

Complete the following vision statement:

The vision I see for my future life is:

Your Purpose Statement
The purpose statement is a few sentences that speak to
who you will need to become to fulfill your vision. You
may need to learn some new skills and stretch beyond
your comfort zone. The purpose statement is a personal-
growth component inherent in the vision process. A
powerful vision will call you to become more than you are
right now.

Complete the following purpose statement:

The changes I will make within myself to fulfill this vision

are:

Your Mission Statement

The mission statement is a list of the practical, strategic
steps that will take your vision from dream to reality.
Those strategic steps should include the ways you wish to
have your counselor help you in this process.

Complete the following mission statement:

The specific steps I will take to make this vision a reality

are: