The #1 Tool for Making Tough Decisions
A personal mission statement creates boundaries that allow you to play freely, create freely, and deal freely.
Everything you do—your investments of time, money, and relationships—should fit within the boundaries of that mission statement.
Boundaries, of course, aren’t the first thing that comes to mind for most people when they think about freedom. But they’re essential if you want to avoid distractions and free yourself up to focus on the things you find most important.
Consider this: a personal mission statement that sets clear boundaries is the number one tool for making tough decisions.
Why?
Because once you have set the boundaries for what you will and won’t accept in your life, when something comes up that is outside those boundaries, you don’t even have a decision to make. It’s that simple.
Many people spend so much time deciding whether they’re going to do something.
Is this good? Should I do it or not? What if I don’t do it?
They run it by everyone they know. They lose sleep over it. But it doesn’t have to be this way.
Living your life according to a mission statement is a more narrowly focused version of living your life according to principles.
Once you declare your mission statement, you begin living it. You don’t have to consider much outside it. The statement can be as long or as short as you like. Here’s mine for myself and my business:
My mission is to help others live the lives they would if they only knew how.
I spent a great amount of time thinking about that mission statement. It is the culmination of years of prayer, study, and experience.
