My Mission Statement

You now have the beginning of a mission statement built on a foundation of your values. You have more clarity into you want to be and to do in your life. You can also start to detect the values and principles upon which your life is based.

You can continue to write and revise your mission statement until you feel it reflects what you live for. You could also try going through the Freewrite section of this site to help you refine your mission and values, or you could visit the Get Inspired section for more ideas.

I am at my best when I am well rested and doing something I enjoy..
I will try to prevent times when I am tired and forced to do something I don't like to do, when I have no motivation..
I will enjoy my work by finding employment where I can I love to ring at the cash register and help people find cute outfits for their children..
I will find enjoyment in my personal life through I love to spend time with my friends and family. I also love to go shopping..
I will find opportunities to use my natural talents and gifts such as I am talented musically. I am also good at cheerleading and being friends with many different kinds of people..
I can do anything I set my mind to. I will bring the whole world to peace with each other..
My life's journey is I am going to get a good job and find a good career. I would do this for support of my family and for myself to have something I enjoy to do. This results in me having fun everyday with something I enjoy while I am giving support for my family..
I will be a person who My parents would be there (if they were still alive), my closest friends, my husband, and my children would be there. I would like them to say I am fun loving and enjoyable to be around. I would also like them to say I am responsible, reliable, and caring..
My most important future contribution to others will be I want to contribute to their happiness. I want to be able to help them with their life..

I will stop procrastinating and start working on:

• I should not procrastinate as much as I do. I should stop.
• I should not gossip and/or spread gossip because it hurts people in the end.
• I should make my faith stronger.

I will strive to incorporate the following attributes into my life:

• loving and full of advice
• great cheerleading and always positive
• strength and relationships

I will constantly renew myself by focusing on the four dimensions of my life:

• Eat healthy and prevent any health defects.
• Go to church and practice my faith in everyday life.
• Take deep breaths and know everything will be okay. Talk things through with close people.
• Be friends with anyone and everyone who needs a friend.

10 Question Answers

1. My mom has had a huge impact on my life. I look up to her all the time. She is my go to person in life. I would like to mimic how responsible and reliable she is, how caring she is, and her faith.
2. Fifteen years from now I want to be surrounded by my family. I want to be married and have kids. I hope to be loving in a fairly nice house and both of us with great, supporting careers.
3. I would lose my greatest possession for my family or my faith. Both of these things mean the world to me and I would never give them up.
4. I would be studying ways to make our country and our world healthier. I would try and find some answers to get the number of people who are obese in our world down.
5. I love to be with my friends and family. I feel like I can really let loose and be myself. I love spending quality time with these people. I also love to go shopping.
6. When we had our leadership thing for band I was really inspired. I wanted to go out and become a better band member and a leader.
7. I would want them to say I have a successful career. I would also wanted them to say that my family was a cherished possession of mine. I would also want them to say that I am a caring, loving, and responsible person.
8. I think one of those robotic vacuums represents me because it has a fun way if doing a job and at the same time has a fun time. I have fun, but I get the job done.
9. I would spend a day in the life of one of my friends. I want to see from the outside of what people view me as. I am always curious about what others think about me.
10. I have talent cheerleading, being friendly with everyone, musically, and making people laugh.

Dianna Elrod

Leadership starts with yourself

We had a speaker in class last week. He made a point that I very much agree with. He said you aren't a leader if you can't lead yourself. You have to start by knowing what you want and leading yourself in that direction. This goes with standing up wfor what you believe in. We all know our core values...now put them into practice when it comes to leadership. If you can't lead yourself, then you aren't going to be able to lead a group of people. So learn how to stand up to what you believe in. That is the start of leadership!

Dianna Elrod

Two Day Workshop

Evan and I went to a two day workshop where we learned about problem solving in the workplace. We learned about all different kinds of steps to take to go about solving a real world problem. You can use many different tools just to get to one solution. One thing I think they could have done to make this workshop better is to give you real world stuff to deal with instead of hypothetical thinking. My group had difficulties with nothing to actually work with. I think all of these tools will be very helpful in real world situations outside of school. It does take a lot of work to find a solution this way...but you can get a good solution out of it!

Dianna Elrod

Group Work

We did three different activities with group work this week. I found it a lot of fun to learn how all of my classmates work together. I learned that it is ok to have people who don't help hands on in the group. If they are outside watchers they can more easily see things that aren't working and need changed. They can easily look at the big picture. It is also good to have one or two initiators instead if everyone in the group because then everyone is talking over each other. Sometimes when we were working in the group we had to change our strategy because the intial attempt wasn't working out. You are always going to have this...so it's good to be able to look at what you are doing and tweak it so that it works

Dianna Elrod

Don't Stand Still

When our speaker, Ashly McMillan, was talking about her core values...don't stand still is the one she seemed to stress quite a bit. "If you don't take a chance, you don't stand a chance." This is a quote she referenced, and I think it pretty much says it all. It's as easy as wanting to walk out the door...in order to walk out the door you have to take a first step. This easy concept is used time and time again in leadership. Sometimes I think it is overlooked. Leaders wonder why they aren't getting anywhere, and it's because they aren't taking the first step of action. So as a leader...don't stand still!

Dianna Elrod

My Top Five Core Values

Here are my top five values and why they are important to me:
1. Relationships- My faith is really important to me and I try to seek my faith above all else. My relationships with my friends and family are really inportant also. I like having a support group and being able to support others.
2. Self-improvement- I always like being able to get batter at things. I don't like just leaving things the way they are if they aren't to my full potential.
3. Respect- It is very important to have respect for everyone above and below you. You have to show respect for those above and below you in order to get respect back from those people.
4. Honesty- This may seem second grade....but it's really important. You can not tell the truth once and lose someones faith and trust in you.
5. Initiative- If you don't have that someone to get started and take the first step, you aren't going to get anywhere.

Dianna Elrod

The Pursuit of Happyness

We watched The Pursuit of Happyness in class this last week and we watched at how his character changed throughout the movie. He wanted his son to have a better life than himself. Whenever something went wrong he was always worried about if his son was going got be ok, and then he thought up a solution for his son. He wanted to be a better dad to his child than his own father was to him. His dad wasn't around, so when his wife left he insisted that his son stay with hem. At one point in the movie they escaped to the beach. This was him stepping out of life and looking at what he does have and how important that is to him even though he didn't have much at all. What he had was the best thing, and that was his son. He was very motivated and determined as a person. When he was trying to solve the Rubik Cube he wasn';t going to stop until he solved it. he knew he could do it and he wouldn't let anyone doubt him.

Dianna Elrod

The Little Things that Count

Have you ever gone about your day like normal and then the smallest thing happens that makes your day? This happened to me this week. I was doing my math homework. I opened up my calculator to find that someone wrote "I love you". One of my best friends wrote that and it made me feel good. The little things can really make an impact.
This got me thinking, what does this have to do with leadership? Well the little things that you do can get you recognized as a leader. People notice and appreciate the little things that you do in life. You may think that no one is watching, but someone is. You can't let yourself slack as a leader just because no one is around. Always know that someone appreciates the little things that you so...even if they don't let you know.

Dianna Elrod

Time Management

Time management is a very important concept as a leader. If you manage your time well, you will be a more effective leader. Why? Because things will get done when they are supposed to so you can move on to bigger and better things as a leader. When I did my persuasive speech about energy drinks being bad for you, I said that drinking them is a bad use of time management because you are relying on the energy drink to wake you up and give you energy, if you managed your time you could get more sleep. Time management is something I have a hard time with. I need to figure something out so I can get more sleep. I am in so many activities so it seems I have a hard time getting everything worked out, but I make it work!

Dianna Elrod