Interesting stats on businesses with and without visions. I spent a lot of time researching visions for businesses a few years ago and I think it is that knowledge that is encouraging me to develop my own.

I believe in the power of writing and agree with you that by writing my mission will help me move towards it.

You are right that I have a good idea of what my life’s vision is. When I talk about developing my vision it is working out the details, what does it actually mean. Once I have that, I will write it out and put it in places so I can’t hide from where I really want to go.

On the personal mission statement front, perhaps not everyone needs one, but I certainly find it helpful as a way of being clear about what I would like to achieve and cutting out the noise that stops me getting there, or as a way of realising my mission has changed (for example, after children came into my life). Things are rarely clear until you right them down, and once you’ve written them down, you can see if they change over time. No matter how much of a vision someone else judges it to be or not, it is your mission.

What’s your mission Rob?