by Carla Harper | Feb 23, 2021 | Leadership
What does it mean to have a mission statement? The fact that you are thinking about crafting a mission and/or vision statement indicates that you are miles ahead of most individuals in terms of maximizing your life’s potential. To have a mission statement means that...
by Carla Harper | Jan 28, 2021 | Grow, Uncategorized
Well done is better than well said means actions speak louder than words. However, effective action begins with words in your mind or spoken. Stephen Covey talked about first creations, meaning something gets created in your mind before it can materialize in the...
by Carla Harper | May 18, 2020 | Leadership
Maturing is a lifelong process, and it’s a choice. Most of us never fully mature because it’s just too hard. We’d rather remain in our comfort zone. A comfort zone results from personality traits, experience, and the residuals of how we were parented. The problem is...
by Carla Harper | Dec 29, 2019 | Uncategorized
Only 10% of people write down a personal mission. However, 90% of those that have a written personal mission statement live out their mission. MissionStatements.Com is offering a New Year’s Personal Mission Statement Special for just $99. Many people ask,...
by noellemiller | Mar 8, 2017 | Leadership
To encourage the women of the Johns Hopkins University basketball team in Baltimore, Maryland, Head Coach, Nancy Funk, displays a new, inspirational decal on the locker room wall every year. Her choice to use the quote, “Win the Day” is an uplifting saying which helps...
by quotediva | Dec 5, 2016 | Uncategorized
The problem most of us have with writing impactful mission statements, vision statements, About Us, or other organizational descriptors is that we are too close to the topic. We end up talking about ourselves and using too much lingo. People’s natural inclination is...
by quotediva | Nov 1, 2016 | Uncategorized
The mission statement should describe in one (two if needed) sentence how, who, where about your organization. It is also important to reveal what’s unique about your endeavor. Describing the unique aspect is like a special call for your audience, i.e. customers,...
by quotediva | Aug 24, 2016 | Branding/Design
No one knows your business or organization better than you, which is why you need help writing anchor descriptions such as mission and vision statements, a tagline, and about us. You are likely too close to the information and ideas. The greatest value a writer can...
by quotediva | Jun 24, 2016 | Uncategorized
Think for a moment about the amount of information coming at you each day. The messenger has but seconds to get through to you. This fact demands that you work on crafting a clear, concise message about who you are and what you do for two vital reasons. Reason #1 It’s...
by quotediva | Jun 10, 2016 | Grow
A mission and vision statement are meant to succinctly explain the essence of your organization, cause, service, or product. When crafting the perfect mission statement, it helps to think of it like a great short story. Some of the best known and loved short stories...
