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Real-world 'Mission Statements:' What's yours?
Merlin Also | Mar 27 2006
Okay, I officially admit it. I think personal Mission Statements are goofy. There, I said it. Danny O'Brien says geeks seek out situations that allow them to act like robots; my corollary is that business guys tend to embrace things that let them behave like corporations. Both are silly. One's funny and endearing. The other is kind of weird and creepy. (/$0.02) So. My challenge to you: give me your _real world_ Mission Statement. NOT based on pie-in-the-sky, best-of-breed, net-net, top-of-mind, uplevel thinking, etc. etc. For real -- if past is truly prologue and your actual behavior were turned into a retrospective statement of purpose, what would yours be? And no bullshitting. Here's mine: Quote:
I will waste unbelievable amounts of time on trivial obsessions, drink generous portions of low-priced spirits, and spend the better part of every day listening to indie rock and typing about "Productivity." I will also watch "Family Guy" repeatedly on my TiVo. I will like Stewie best. Okay, now you. 17 Comments
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 Distraction-maximized lifeSubmitted by brownstudy on March 28, 2006 - 9:36am.
I will distract myself from the mainstream of life by buying comic books, eating junk food, daydreaming, eschewing commitments to people/ideas/hobbies, twiddling registry settings/autoexec.bat/firefox to achieve minimal gains in actual productivity (and which I'll have to do all over again with the next OS upgrade) and in general getting flabbier physically, emotionally, mentally, and morally, all the while accepting that feeling blue and glum are just part of being "me." I will occasionally wake myself out of the doldrums to focus on my work, to exercise, to diet, to be resolved, but will always comfortably lapse back into a velocity-free complacency. One of the classic mission-generating tools is writing your own obit. Friends, that's my obit, right there. » POSTED IN:
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