Difference between revisions of "Personal Missions"

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Personal Missions are simple statements of the desired meaningful outcome someone wants to achieve that often includes the purpose and/or the inspiration behind it.

Examples

• Sonia Sotomayor - had a mission to become a judge and is now a justice on the United States Supreme Court.
• Roya Mahboob - A young Afghan woman's mission to improve opportunity for millions of women has already improved many people's lives.
• Edward Jenner – to help his community that was ravaged by small pox. Jenner invented the small pox vaccine.
• Muhammed Yunus – to help the world’s poor address their own unique needs with access to the right tools and information. Yunas invented microcredit and won the Noble Peace Prize.
• Craig Venter – to sequence the first human genome and map the approximately 20,000 – 25,000 genes. Venter sequenced first human genome in 2000.
• Tony Fadell – to make an MP3 player that is easy use, easy to manage music and easy to legally buy music online. Fadell invented the iPod.

Here are examples of company missions:

• Google – to organize the world's information and make it universally accessible and useful
• Facebook - to give people the power to share and make the world more open and connected
• Coca Cola - to refresh the world, to inspire moments of optimism and happiness and to create value and make a difference
• Pixar - to combine technology and world class creative talent to develop computer animated feature films with memorable characters and heartwarming stories that appeal to audiences of all ages

• Mike Feinberg and Dave Levin had a desired outcome (mission) of their dream to improve the college graduation for disadvantaged students.

The mission is a component of the eDream.