Hello,
Welcome to your 'FREE' PRES® Entrepreneurs ezine. The intention of this monthly ezine is to provide insightful information to you about the home
staging and redesign business. Our topic this month is about value of creating your mission statement.
DEFINITION OF A MISSION STATEMENT:
A mission statement is a formal short written statement of the PURPOSE of a company... The mission statement should guide the ACTIONS of the organization, spell out its overall GOAL, provide a SENSE OF DIRECTION, and GUIDE DECISION MAKING. It provides "the FRAMEWORK or CONTEXT" within which the company's STRATEGIES are formulated. www.en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mission_statement
Why do you need a Mission Statement?
For the last 6 years I have had a mission statement that has never changed. It has allowed me to always stay focused on what my mission was so that I did not veer off into other areas of business that were not part of my mission statement. For example, my focus has been training women to create successful home staging and redesign businesses, so that if home decorating clients contacted me I turned them down, and passed them on to other qualified PRES members. That way I stayed true to my mission statement and others benefited when I shared.
Recently after some 'intuitive' exploration I changed my mission statement slightly so that it now is:
To educate, inspire and empower self-employed women through speaking engagements, writing, training and mentoring; and have FUN doing it!
So now my focus is slightly changed and much larger in scope for me, and it rings true as I set new goals for myself for 2010.
How do you Create your Mission Statement?
Ask yourself these 3 questions and start to create your own Mission Statement. Just a little FYI - sometimes our greatest pain or weakness in childhood is often the 'why' we want to do this so that you can finally transform your pain into JOY.
- WHAT do you LOVE to do - What gives you the most JOY in life? What is something others might say is your 'gift' but you may not recognize it as so? What gives your life meaning? What did you like to do as a child? What was your favourite toy? Sometimes the 'what we love to do' is so much FUN that we think it couldn't possibly be paid to do it, think again!
- WHO would you like to do it for? - Who would you like to have as your client? Who do you really want to provide your service to? Who do you want to be around? Is there a particular group you want to impact in a positive way?
- HOW will you do this thing that you love - How will you accomplish your Mission Statement? What Actions do you have to take to move forward to reach your goals? What is the first step you can take? The second? The next?
This is how I break mine down:
WHAT: To educate, inspire and empower
WHO TO: self-employed women
HOW: through speaking engagements, writing, training and mentoring; and having fun.
Once you have done this see how it resonates with you. Does it feel authentic? Every time you make a business decision, determine if it supports your Mission Statement or takes you away from it. If it takes you away from your core desires, pass it on to someone else.
For more information on tapping into your intuition, check out Cheryl Brewster's website at www.TheIntuitiveLife.com.
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My last course of the year of the PRES® Home Staging & Redesign training is coming up the week of November 16th. This course continues to receive rave reviews from everyone who takes it!
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With Gratitude,
Dana J. Smithers
PRES Entrepreneurs Mentoring Coach
Founder & Creative Director
PS: To read our previous PRES Entrepreneurs ezines - click on Previous PRES eNewsletters
Dana J. Smithers
Founder & Creative Director
PRES® Staging Resource Centre
Sun On My Back Redesigns
Testimonial
"Dana is the 'Guru' of staging and redesign on the West Coast. The course I attended was beyond my expectations. Dana's style of teaching was delivered with lots of enthusiasm as she truly loves what she does and it shows. We had real hands-on on redesign and staging in 3 very different and challenging homes, best way to learn. The monthly meetings are great to connect and network with others and the topics are diversified. Dana's professionalism, commitment to excellence, her continuous support and mentoring is invaluable to help new and seasoned re-designers and stagers become the best they can be."
- Elisabeth Chamberlain
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