MISSION is the second color in the Time Prism Performance Spectrum because until you know what's most important, you're spending the only life you have on things that simply don't matter.
Lacking direction and purpose, you're powerless to make a real difference in your life.
However, all self-imposed limitations are removed when your heart and mind are focused on the same thing. You're always the most productive when you tap into the infinite power generated by "working from your heart," fulfilling a clearly defined mission.
Your MISSION, integrated with your vision and your values, dictates what's most important in your life. You are naturally the most productive when you're working from your heart-investing the only life you have in what you care about the most.
Sounds great, "but how?" you ask?
You're always the most productive when you tap into the infinite power generated by "working from your heart," fulfilling a clearly defined mission. How?
Start by searching your heart for the personal attributes, qualities or emotions like love, contribution, integrity or freedom that mean the most to you. These are the core values that will bring you the greatest satisfaction in return for a life well lived.
Now, write a succinct, personal mission statement that promises who you'll be and what you'll do to live these values all the time. This mission statement will be your personal code of conduct, leading you directly to the qualities and feelings you want to experience in everything you do. By living this code of conduct, all the decisions, conditions and roles in your life become clear and powerful.
Next, create an ideal vision for each of your major interests and for each of the roles you play in life. Roles are the separate hats you wear such as parent, engineer, soccer coach, volunteer or spiritual traveler. A vision is a highly-compelling, mental image of an ideal outcome. By examining these visions closely, you can identify concrete objectives and specific goals to help you realize them.
Now, expand your personal mission to include the part you will play and the specific actions you will take to achieve each of these visions. By creating a compelling vision, declaring who you will be and identifying the contribution you will make, you give direction, power and purpose to every task and every moment in your day. Stated simply, your mission is to live your most important values as you make a real difference by achieving valuable goals each day, everyday rather than sometime, someday. This is what it means to "Live what's most important."
Is your Mission Color causing you problems?
You know you could accomplish great things, if you only knew what they were.
You're not sure why you're even in the different roles in your life.
Nothing seems to matter, and you wonder why nothing ever comes your way.
Big decisions are always difficult because you've never determined what's more important than something else.
You believe life has little inherent meaning, and even less purpose.
You're focused on specific lifetime visions, and each day brings new opportunities to make your dreams come true.
You can articulate exactly what you want from -- and what you expect to give to -- each role in your life.
You find ways to make a difference with your time and your life in a pursuit higher than your own personal interests.
Decisions are easy, because your mission always clarifies what's most important.
You believe life is full of meaning and purpose, meant to be lived to its fullest.
Permit your Mission Color to hold you back, and you will struggle with the heartbreak of failed expectations. Improve it and you will succeed brilliantly.