The Goal of this course is to help you to create a Personal Mission Statement to guide your career. A Personal Mission Statement is the first step in the ongoing process of taking ownership of your professional career development.

1. Lesson
2:
Clues
from
the
Past
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2. First,
Get
the
Worksheet
In
this
lesson,
you
will
be
prompted
to
take
a
look
at
your
past
for
clues
that
will
help
you
to
reveal
your
mission.
To
complete
this
exercise,
you
will
want
to
print
Lesson
2
worksheet
Clues
from
the
Past
and
fill
it
out
as
you
go
along.
Try
not
to
get
stuck
on
any
parBcular
quesBon
along
the
way.
Fill
out
the
answers
quickly,
going
with
your
first
thought.
You
can
always
come
back
and
add
more
thought
later.
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3. Clues
from
the
Past
Worksheet,
Part
1
TIP:
download
the
Clues
from
the
Past
worksheet
and
fill
it
out
as
you
go
along.
The
following
quesBons
are
looking
to
uncover
some
general
clues
from
your
past
that
will
help
you
to
create
your
Personal
Mission
Statement.
Answer
the
following
quesBons
quickly,
without
over
thinking
your
responses.
• What
do
you
do
best;
beLer
than
most
people?
• What
is
the
compliment
or
acknowledgement
you
hear
most
oNen
about
yourself?
• The
Line
Up:
If
we
lined
you
up
with
10
other
people
with
the
exact
same
educaBon
and
work
experience,
what
valuable
qualiBes
would
make
you
stand
out
from
all
the
rest?
• What
was
one
of
your
defining
moments,
aNer
which
you
knew
life
would
never
be
the
same?
What
did
you
learn
about
life
from
that
moment?
• What
tough
problems
have
you
overcome
in
your
lifeBme
that
you
could
teach
or
counsel
others
about?
• What
have
been
your
greatest
professional
achievements?
What
favorite
skills
did
you
use
or
develop
in
the
process?
• What
do
you
admit
are
some
of
your
professional
weaknesses?
‘Being
real’
with
these
is
important
too.
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4. Clues
from
the
Past
Worksheet,
Part
2
The
following
quesBons
are
a
bit
more
specific,
and
focus
on
parBcular
roles
you
have
played
and
projects
you
have
enjoyed
working
on.
Again,
answer
the
following
quesBons
quickly,
without
over
thinking
your
responses.
• IdenBfy
one
of
your
all-­‐Bme-­‐favorite
work
projects
or
roles,
a
Bme
when
you
felt
most
alive
and
were
doing
some
of
your
best
work.
• What
was
the
challenge
or
project?
• What
kinds
of
things
did
you
do
(acBons
did
you
take)
to
meet
it?
• What
were
the
results?
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5. Iden:fying
Your
Special
Skills
Each
of
us
have
strengths
and
weaknesses
in
different
areas.
As
you
look
at
your
past
projects
and
roles,
do
you
see
parBcular
types
of
skills
that
you
have
used
effecBvely?
• RelaBonship
Skills
• Technical
Skills
• Self-­‐management
Skills
• Leadership
Skills
• Other
Skills
Write
these
down
in
your
Clues
from
the
Past
worksheet.
You
will
review
these
later
as
you
begin
to
craN
your
Personal
Mission
Statement.
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6. Reviewing
the
Clues
from
the
Past
Before
moving
on
to
the
next
unit,
take
one
more
look
at
your
Clues
from
the
Past
worksheet.
Is
there
anything
big
missing?
Don’t
worry
about
the
fine
details,
but
make
sure
you
feel
good
about
the
big
picture.
All
good?
Great.
Now,
let’s
move
on
to
Clues
from
the
Future.
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