When my friends and I traveled in USA, one of the many important things we keep was a map hat showed the interstate highways, cities, etc. It helped us find New York city, Washington D.C., other cities and point of interests for site seeing. It is one of the most important tools that help us get to our destination.
We need a map for our life. We need a picture of our final destination. Either we are studying, starting a new doing business or planning to establish educational institution, we need a map. CEO and Top Management need it for company they lead. We need a tool that will give the direction of our life or company; we need to know our mission that will help us focus on what we should be doing.
What is a mission? In Webster’s College Dictionary (Random House), there are several definitions: “a specific task that a person or group of person is sent to perform; the place of work of such person, or the territory of their responsibility; military operational task, usually signed by a higher headquarters; an aerospace operation designed to carry out the goals of a specific program; an allotted or self-imposed duty or task; calling.” “Mission is a written reason behind an existence- either for an individual or for an organization. It is the key to finding our path in life.” wrote Laurie Beth Jones on her book, The Path. Read more>>
