Personal Missions
From WikiDreams
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.
