#27 Missing the
                          Mission...

Think about what you do each day at school. Thinking? Good!

How GOOD do you feel as you leave school at the end of the day?

Real Good? Some Good? No Good?

If you feel like you’ve lost your luster and your drive isn’t alive, ask yourself this Blockbuster question:

       What’s my mission?

This simple question carries awesome importance. Making a difference in the lives of those students you touch each day is what teaching is all about!

When you know your mission, everything you do each day has meaning and purpose, and you feel a tremendous sense of satisfaction. You feel real good about you and what you do!

Yet most teachers can’t answer the simple, important question: What’s my mission? More specifically... What do I want from my job as a teacher?

Think about this one a long time before you move on!!!  Thinking?

The vast majority of us don't have a clue what we want... so we don't have a clear and concise mission... We don't know how to invest in our days. So we major in minors. We feel empty when we major in minors.

If your mission is missing, that’s a mistake. A big mistake!

To make your mission matter, you must stop and think about what you do at school that makes you Feel Real Good!

In the final analysis, life is about giving. That's right, giving. Not about getting! As a teacher, you are in the best position on earth to give... give your love... talents, and skills.

Ready to learn how? Read on...

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Take Me Back to the...
      Table of Contents...

Start by stopping and asking... What do I want?  WRITE IT DOWN!!! Then, the follow up question... What has to happen for me to GET what I want?  WRITE IT DOWN!!! The GET I refer to is not to get stuff, but to get the feelings associated with giving! Make sense? Hope so!

Next...
Ask this, too!

What one sentence would best summarize my contributions in life? If you could attend your own funeral as a live and listening spectator what would you want your eulogy to say? Morbid? No, it just helps you focus your future... your "actions"... your mission!

Stop now and write that one sentence. If you don't write it now... I mean right now, you might as well forget it. Sorry, but it's true! When you wait... you procrastinate! Write it. Please!

This sentence is the core for your life’s mission. Now rewrite your mission as it pertains to teaching and giving. Incorporate the main ideas found in your life’s mission statement when writing your mission as a teacher.

Purpose gives you power, and a mission gives you purpose, direction and a sense of power and control. Sounds like a cure all doesn't it? Maybe!

Add purpose and passion to your life by investing the time and energy to capture your mission on paper.

Write your mission statement on a 3 x 5 card and keep it handy. Each morning read your mission statement, because you and your mission matter.

Add joy to your job and your life... add a mission,
Karl

p.s. I have a neat mission statement handout to help you focus your thoughts... If you want it, email me at... karl@karldavidson.com