MISSION, VISION, AND VALUES
A mission or purpose is the contribution you make to the world; it is that which gives meaning and direction to your life, as well as your reason for being. Knowing your purpose gives you a context for making life choices. A vision is a powerful image of what you want to create in the future. It is a compelling and explicit picture of how you will actualize your purpose and talents. Values define what is most important to you. They energize, motivate and inspire. According to Chris Argyris (Making a Life, Making a Living: Reclaiming Your Purpose and Passion in Business and in Life), it is important to recognize the difference between “espoused values” (what you say you believe) and “values-in-action” (how you live your life). True professionals commit themselves to the pursuit of happiness and strict adherence to their highest values (David Maister, True Professionalism). Vision, mission and values need to be aligned. They provide an internal happiness “glee positioning system” for all of your decisions.
Happiness and Well-Being
Factors that contribute to happiness and subjective well-being.
1. Strong social relationships
2. Physical health and fitness
3. Feelings of competence and control
4. Progress on Meaningful Goals
5. Marriage
6. Positive self-esteem and optimism
7. A clear sense of life purpose
Happiness and Money
The following three research findings may surprise you.
1) Above the poverty level, added wealth has little relationship
to happiness.
2) A comparison of life satisfaction across countries showed that
once the gross national product exceeded $8000, there was no
relationship between money and life satisfaction.
3) There is no relationship between money and happiness.
How we think about money has a great influence on the choices we make and our overall life satisfaction. Prosperity thinking and poverty thinking are two ways of thinking about one’s relationship with money. Which way describes you best and is it working for you?
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