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Module 5 - My Mission Makes Life Meaningful

1. A personal mission statement provides focus and direction by defining one's purpose and goals in both short and long term. 2. Developing a personal mission involves learning from past experiences, identifying core values, considering how to contribute to others, setting goals, and writing a concise statement to guide decisions. 3. Prudence is needed to live out one's mission by reflecting on actions and deciding what is right for others as well as oneself.

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Module 5 - My Mission Makes Life Meaningful

1. A personal mission statement provides focus and direction by defining one's purpose and goals in both short and long term. 2. Developing a personal mission involves learning from past experiences, identifying core values, considering how to contribute to others, setting goals, and writing a concise statement to guide decisions. 3. Prudence is needed to live out one's mission by reflecting on actions and deciding what is right for others as well as oneself.

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Values 9 Name___________________________________ Score____________ 3rd Q

MODULE
My Mission Makes Life Meaningful
5

When we are in grade school, teachers would ask “Ano gusto mo paglaki?” The question implies that we need to set a goal in
life. It encourages us to plan toward the achievement of our dream. It makes us think about a mission to fulfill that will give meaning
and purpose to our life.
One way to have a meaningful life is to have a mission. This can be expressed to set direction to our actions and enables us to
make better choices. One of the effective ways to do this is to create a personal mission statement. Personal mission is an assertion,
orally or written, of our purpose or goal in life. It may be short or long term, and can provide focus and direction to our present action.
It also defines who we are as this shapes our character in process.
Stephen Covey (1998) in his book, The 6 Habits of Highly Effective People, tells us how personal mission statement can help us:
A personal mission statement base on correct principles becomes the same kind of standard for an individual. It becomes personal
constitution, the basis for making major, life-directing decisions, the basis for making daily decisions in the midst of the circumstances
and emotions that affect our lives.
In pursuit of a personal mission, we can be guided by the following steps:
1. Learn from the past. Spend some time recalling your experiences of success. Focus on the cause and effect and look for the
commonality. This will help you identify the things that lead to a success and more likely can be used to get similar result.
2. Know your core values. Point out all the values that reflect your character and priorities to those that you believe are important
and essential to you. Narrow them to five and finally, to one value.
3. Think of others. List down ways you can contribute positively to your family, friends, classmates, community, country, and
world.
4. Set your goals. Think about the things that really matter to you. List down your personal goals, both in short term (1-2 yrs.)
and long term (4 or more) basis.
5. Write a mission statement. Having in mind all you have written in the first four steps, begin writing your personal mission
statement. It takes deep introspection, careful analysis, thoughtful expression and often many rewrites to produce it in final
form.
6. Adhere the virtue of prudence. Once your mission is stated in clear terms, you will need the virtue of prudence to live your
mission. Prudence allows you to check on your ways, reflect on why you do things, and eventually decide and act right for the
benefit of other people and not only to glorify yourself.

FT1. Personal mission becomes fully authentic and meaningful when it involves not only oneself but others. A person’s dreams and
ambitions include the food and welfare of others. In the speech of Martin Luther King., Jr, his dream was a dream for all the people
who experienced discrimination, abuse, exploitation, and cruelty during his time. What is your dream for your own nation? Make your
personal mission following the five steps.
1. Learn from the past (What can you learn from your previous endeavors, whether successful or not?)

2. Know your core values (What are the values important to you? How can you live these values?

3. Think of others (Write down the good things you can do for your family, friends, community, country, and world.)

4. Set your goals (Aware of your past experience, the most important value and positive contributions to others, write your goals.)

5. Now, write your Mission Statement

FT2. Answer the following questions,


1. What is personal mission?

2. How do past experiences help in person’s present life?

3. In what way does personal mission statement makes a difference to one’s life?

4. How can prudence help you achieve your personal mission?

FT3. An American football player, coach, and executive in the person of Vincent Thomas Lombardi was known as the best head coach
of the Green Bay Packers in the National Football League during the 1960s. He led the team to three straight and five total
championships in seven years. Once interviewed, he said, “Winning isn’t everything, but wanting to win is.”
Explain the meaning of the quote in the context of personal mission and prudence.
END

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