Mindful Aging: Personal Mission Statement

Goal: Write a brief mission statement for aging mindfully to include personal values, purposes and goals.

This resource guide offers a number of recourses for creating, developing, revising and refining your personal mission statement. In addition to The Path: Creating Your Mission Statement for Work and For Life by Laurie Beth Jones (1998), online and book resources are listed below. For an inspiring look at how a personal mission statement can change a life, read:

• Personal mission statements challenge clients to be remarkable, K. Marcil, Addiction Professional (2004)

• A Mission Statement is Just as Important in Giving, by Charles B. Maclean, Business Journal-Portland (2000)
• Developing a Mission Statement for Self and Family by William Umiker, Health Care Supervisor (1998)
• Do You Need Your Own Mission Statement?, Robert D.Ramsey, SuperVision, (2005)
• Chapter 21: Personal Mission Statements as Tools for Developing Writing and Reflection Skills, by Dana S. Dunn, Jane S. Halonen, and Randolph A. Smith; in Teaching Critical Thinking in Psychology: A Handbook of Best Practices Teaching, by Dana Dunn (2009)
• Perspective: The Missing Link in Academic Career Planning and Development: Pursuit of Meaningful and Aligned Work, by Susan Lieff, Academic Medicine, 2009 [academic medical faculty]
• Chapter 3: Your Life Goal, Aim or Purpose, in Personal Success Strategies: Developing Your Potential, by Mel Hensey (1999,2014)
• Your Personal Mission Statement: a Foundation for Your Future, by George L. Morrisey, Training & Development (1992)  [business]
• Using Your Personal Mission Statement to INSPIRE and Achieve Success, by Li, Su-Ting T., John G. Frohna, and Susan B. Bostwick, Academic Pediatrics (2016) [academic medical faculty]
• Part I, Habit I: Principles of Personal Leadership, in The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People: Powerful Lessons in Personal Change,  by Stephen R. Covey (2013) - other versions are available online and in the book stacks

Books on the USC campus with the [Library location]

• The Inspirational Teacher, by Gary McGuey and Lonnie Moore (2007) [Doheny B2840 .M385 2007 ]
• The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People: Restoring the Character Ethic,  by Stephen R. Covey (2004) [Business BF637.S8 C68 2013]