This is the single most powerful investment we can ever make in lifeโinvestment in ourselves, in the only instrument we have with which to deal with life and to contribute.
Stephen CoveyThe most effective way I know to begin with the end in mind is to develop a personal mission statement or philosophy or creed. It focused on what you want to be (character) and to do (contributions and achievements) and on the values or principles upon which being and doing are based.
Stephen CoveyA mission statement is not something you write overnight... But fundamentally, your mission statement becomes your constitution, the solid expression of your vision and values. It becomes the criterion by which you measure everything else in your life.
Stephen Covey