Vision Quest

When I think of mission I think of James Bond not a way that you act. You might be able to twist the words to make it sound like they are similar but they really aren’t the same. I think of a mission statement as a statement to the way you should act to reach your vision. You mission should also be in line with your morals. Your vision is nothing more then an over all goal for your life. If you complete your vision statement in your lifetime then either it wasn’t big enough or you need a newer bigger one.

Take the recent earthquake in Japan as an example. If your vision were to clean up the damage that happened after the earthquake it wouldn’t be a very good vision. There are many other people with the same idea. It will take time to clean the mess but it will eventually be finished before the die. If you vision were to keep the world clean that would be a pretty good vision. Both nature and humanity consistently makes the world into the mess. You might have to clean up a town that was ravaged by a civil war or maybe the mess of the war, maybe you just clean up all the parks in your local town for a start. There is a lot to do towards this vision and it basically never ends but it is a goal.

What about your mission statement in this vision what would that be. I would say to pick up trash, clean parks, and rebuild homes would be a pretty good mission statement. It is straight to the point and it helps move towards your overall vision of a clean world.

A great place that you will often find a great vision is in science. The idea of quantum computing has been around for while but there have been many recent jumps towards it. Many scientists are shifting their missions towards becoming quantum computing because of their visions. Quantum computing is incredibly useful in complex subjects like artificial intelligence and the universal theory. As fast as our computers are at computing today Quantum computing is incredibly fast and is incredibly small making it very useful. Most of these scientist may never see their work come to creation as their visions are outrageous but they are making a move towards it using their mission statement.

So you have a vision that you wish to attain. This vision is not simple or easy. The vision may never be obtained. You create a mission that will move you towards that over all vision. This mission meets with your goals and your morals. Now you have both a mission statement and you have a vision statement.