Ken's Personal Vision Statement

For Friday, your assignment is to craft a personal vision statement that you will hand in to me typed on a piece of paper. You are, however, welcome to also post your vision statement as one of your blog posts.

Your mission statement can be very short (50 words or less) or longer (a couple hundred words). It can be written as a list such as this one of mine:

As examples, here is one that is similar to what we did in class.


I, Ken Enochs, living at my highest and best, am empathic, engaged, positive, and trustworthy. This is so that in my various roles—as a father, son, husband, friend, teacher, and colleague—a primary I can help others achieve their potential. But, of course, I must also find the space to pursue personal interests that feed and support my own development so that I might be a stronger, more whole, and more satisfied human being, for myself and for others.

Here is another example of a personal vision statement that I wrote a few years ago:

At the end of every day I wish to feel that I have been ...

productive

physically active

mentally challenged

important to those I care about

helpful to my family, friends, students, and colleagues

kind, caring, considerate, and honest, with myself and with others.

Someday I hope to have ...

raised two secure, happy, successful children

inspired hundreds of students through my teaching

ridden my mountain bike from Llasa, Tibet to Kathmandu, Nepal.

When I die I wish to be remembered as a good ...

father, husband, son, friend, teacher, colleague, and person.

So ... think and reflect deeply on who you are and what you want to be, and write up a meaningful statement, words to live your life by.