Readers!

Time has come for me to spend some time on a vacation – wandering in the jungles of Satpuda or beaches of Goa!

I will be on vacation starting March 23rd and will resume posting starting April 9th and thought that I would give some time of your life back to you. During next few days take some time and create your personal vision by using vision exercises or by asking some questions to yourself.

If you have already discovered your vision, spend 10 minutes and identify your personal values. Once you  have identified your personal values, start developing your personal and core values.

Until then… Adios!

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So you double check whether your ladder is leaning on the right wall. Is it leaning to the correct wall? Yes! And is the ladder good enough to climb the wall? Yeah!! Great. So now you can climb on the wall with the ladder right? Not quite. Do you know how to climb a ladder and how you would want to climb a ladder? Depending on what type of ladder it is, the answer to the question may vary. So then what can help you in answering that question?

What is Personal Mission Statement

The purpose of Vision is to define which wall you want to climb, Values ensure that you are using the right ladder to climb the wall and Mission statements define how you plan to climb the wall with the right ladder. We discussed about importance of the right ladder (i.e. what values can do for you ) in a previous post.

Mission statement completes the recipe of success as it is the third of three ingredients of success. Vision is what you want to be in the future, your Personal Values are the foundation for your success. Mission Statement – the last  ingredient – defines the path of success. Mission Statements in simple words is a high-level goal statement that spells out how you are going to achieve your vision. As with any goal, this high-level goal should be specific, clear and positive.

Developing a Mission Statement is a long and continuous process. Stephen Covey, in his book 7 Habits of Highly Effective People, talks about the process, following is a small excerpt:

A mission statement is not something you write overnight. It takes deep introspection, careful analysis, thoughtful expression, and often many rewrites to produce it in final form. It may take you several weeks or even months before you feel really comfortable with it, before you feel it is a complete and concise expression of your innermost values and directions. Even then, you will want to review it regularly and make minor changes as the years bring additional insights or changing circumstances. But fundamentally, your mission statement becomes your constitution, the solid expression of your vision and values. It becomes the criterion by which you measure everything else in your life.

In the next few weeks, we will present how to create a personal mission statement, how to use it for personal development and variety of other posts on mission statement. Be the first one to get these posts from Chat at the Cooler by subscribing via RSS or via email.

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Related Posts:

1. 3 Ingredients of Success - Vision, Core Values and Mission Statement
2. How to Create a Compelling Vision and Successful Vision Statement
3. Personal Vision is Useless Without a Good Ladder
4. How to Discover Your Personal Values in Less Than 10 minutes
5. Creating Vision Statements with Vision Exercises

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I am very excited about this post. No not because publishing the post would give me a million dollars. Rather this may give the readers a great resource for staying updated with some of the world’s best authors and getting a chance to knowing them on a personal level (depending on how much time you are interested in investing). What follows this paragraph is seven absolutely wonderful sources for extremely rich content on personal change written by some of the world’s best-known authors.

The 7 Great Newsletters

What makes it so exciting is that, these famous authors (or their next generation) write the articles for their subscribers and only their subscribers. This might even contain some of the upcoming projects or articles that may make in their next best-seller. So here it is readers, the seven absolutely best personal change newsletters on the internet.

1. Dale Carnegie – Dale Carnegie was probably one of the first authors to have studied personal growth and leadership in great detail. The institute has a newsletter that provides insightful tips and techniques for personal change and improving work and related issues.  Sign up for Dale Carnegie Training Institute’s Newsletter.
2. Stephen R. Covey – Folks, I will tell you this upfront that one of the most popular authors of all time does not have a newsletter by traditional definition. But don’t be sad, Mr. Covey does have a Stephen R. Covey blog and you can subscribe to it in your RSS feed by click here.
3. Brian Tracy – Brian Tracy is amazing. I absolutely love his book, Eat That Frog. On his website, there is plethora of information including several newsletter to select from. These newsletters are on variety of topics ranging from Personal Success to Entrepreneurial Success.  Click here to select the newsletters you would like to subscribe to.
4. John Maxwell – Giant Impact is the company associated with John Maxwell and my understanding is that they do the marketing and organizing for John Maxwell. Giant Impact releases a newsletter called Leadership Wired about once every month (though their website says twice a month). This is a must follow and has a lot of good material on leadership and related areas. Subscribe the newsletter by clicking here.
5. Ken Blanchard -  Ken Blanchard, the famous author and co-author of best-sellers One Minute Manager, Who Moved My Cheese and lot of other books, has a great newsletter that present articles on doing business, managerial skills and leading people. If you’ve read either of the two books mentioned above, this newsletter might be for you.
6. Center for Creative Leadership – This is a unique institution, a top-ranked, global provider of executive education. They have been around for quite a while – close to 40 years. Grab their newsletter, Leading Effectively to learn about tools, tips and advice for improving yourself.
7. Steve Pavlina – If you have been around in the blogging world for even a little, it would be near to impossible to miss the name Steve Pavlina. He is a big name and writes on various topics related to Personal Development. His newsletter is a great resource for those interested in self development.

Now I know there might be some other newsletters that should go to this list. What are these? Tell us. What others should have made it to the list? Expect great content and wonderful resources posts in upcoming weeks. Subscribe to the blog via RSS or subscribe via email and be among the first to get the latest posts from Chat at the Cooler.

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Related Reading:

1. 3 Crucial Elements of Success - Vision, Core Values and Mission Statement
2. Create Your Personal Vision Series
3. How to Discover Your Personal Values in Less Than 10 minutes
4. Start Creating A Vision to Transform Your Life

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