Most people can describe their job. Fewer can say what they are for.
This is the process we use with clients. You start with your life, not a blank line. You find words and let most of them go, write too much, then find the sentence inside. Paper or screen; the paper is not the point.
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Before we write anything, tell me about a good day.
{{ momentsIntro }} They do not need to be impressive. Maybe you were building something and lost track of time. Maybe you told the truth when it would have been easier not to. Maybe you had people around your table.
What seems to keep showing up?
Now let's go looking for words.
Go quickly the first time. Tap anything with some pull for you. This is a language bank, not a test, so there is no right number yet. Missing a word? Add it at the bottom.
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A word is easy to admire. What do you do when it's alive?
Put some verbs around each one. Not what the word means, what you tend to do when it is alive in your life. Two or three are enough if the others do not come.
Across the values clarification research, the benefits hold up better when people also act on what they named, not only name it. That is what this step is for.
Write too much. We will find the sentence later.
A paragraph before a line. Give yourself enough room to sound like a person, and do not make it beautiful yet. Your words are here if you want to reach for them.
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Which of these lines actually sound like you?
Tap the lines that feel most like you. Leave the rest alone, especially anything you wrote because it sounded like a mission statement was supposed to say it.
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There is a sentence in there. Let's find it.
There is no word count to hit. If you could remember the essence tomorrow without reopening this page, it is probably short enough.
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What editing can look like
I want to use creativity, care, and clear thinking to build useful things that help people move.
Build useful things with enough care that people have more room to move.
Read it out loud.
Do not ask whether it sounds impressive. Ask whether you recognize it as yours.
Let's ask the sentence a few more questions.
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A "not yet" is useful information, not a failing grade. If you want, revise the line here and the questions will wait.
CORE is Human Creative Coaching's growth model. These questions test the sentence; they do not score it or you.
Now give the sentence a real decision.
A mission statement gets interesting when two good options compete, somebody else's expectation is in the room, or the next action costs you something.
Keep it specific enough that you would know whether you did it. If-then plans are one of the best-evidenced ways a value reaches behaviour.
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The PDF holds a card for the wall and three lock screens. Or save one as a lock screen for any phone, or a face for your Apple Watch (open it in Photos, share, Create Watch Face).
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