1 Happiness 2 Family Self Development Leadership
There are 3 parts to this assignment. Please elaborate on my short responses so that I meet the length requirements.
PART A: EULOGY (1 1/2 PAGES, DOUBLE SPACED)
PART B: STATEMENT OF PURPOSE (1/2 PAGE, DOUBLE SPACED)
PART C (I-IV): CORE VALUES (3 PAGES, DOUBLE SPACED)
A. EULOGY
As you write your eulogy/retirement, record your life’s accomplishments in the past tense. Did you write that book you’ve been talking about? Did you set a positive example to others? Did you volunteer to help those less fortunate than yourself? Did you raise a wonderful family, start that business you always wanted, travel the globe, or learn another language? Did you make a positive difference to your family, your community, your country and the world at large? Basically, did you live up to your full potential or did you fall short?
This eulogy/retirement exercise helps to focus your mind on your long-term goals and on the more important questions about your life’s purpose.
In short, your written eulogy/retirement amounts to a uniquely powerful “mission statement” for your life, designed intentionally to get and keep your attention over time.
Here are four questions you should consider. (But you should ask yourself other questions as well!)
1. What are my values?
2. What would I like to achieve before it’s all over?
3. What would I need to accomplish to make a difference to the people I love?
4. What could I do to leave this world a better place when I’m gone?
MY SHORT ANSWER: I OFTEN PUT THE WELFARE OF OTHERS BEFORE MY OWN. I ENJOY GIVING TO THE LESS FORTUNATE. I WANT TO CONTINUE TO HELP THOSE WHO FACE HARDSHIP. I DO THIS BY DONATING MONEY TO DIFFERENT ORGANIZATIONS AND BY DONATING GENTLY USED CLOTHING TO THE SALVATION ARMY. I MAKE A POSITIVE DIFFERENCE TO MY COMMUNITY. I WANT TO CONTINUE TO DO THAT IN THE FUTURE. I’M ALSO A GREAT FRIEND. PEOPLE TRUST ME AND CAN DEPEND ON ME FOR ANYTHING. I WANT TO CONTINUE TO BE A GENUINE PERSON AND ATTRACT PEOPLE WHO SHARE SIMILAR CHARACTERISTICS.
B. Statement of Personal Purpose:
Purpose provides meaning, our sense or reason for being. This activity will help you reflect on your own purpose and mission. You will take your insights from your own introspection and the eulogy/retirement exercise and write a statement of personal purpose. Your statement of purpose might start with a statement such as, “I believe I am here to…” Or “My main purpose or mission is life is…” Answering questions such as, “What is my reason for being? What is my mission and direction? What is the changeless core within me?” will also help you reflect on your statement of purpose. Personal Purpose or Mission statements are usually short—no more than two paragraphs.
MY SHORT ANSWER: MY MISSION IS TO HELP THOSE IN NEED. PEOPLE CAN DEPEND ON ME AND TRUST ME. I WANT TO CONTINUE TO HELP PEOPLE IN THE FUTURE, WHETHER PHYSICALLY OR EMOTIONALLY. THAT’SMY MISSION.
C. List of Top Five (5) Core Values:You will write a prioritized list of core values. Your values list should include your top five (5) values and have a brief description of what each value means to you and how this value impacts your life. Your top five (5) core values list should be listed in order of importance to you and explain why.
Develop a chart (pie, bar, etc.) or diagram depicting the level you are currently operating on each value from 10, the highest and 0 the lowest.
MY SHORT ANSWER: MY FIVE CORE VALUES ARE:
1 HAPPINESS
2 FAMILY
3 FUN
4 SELFLESSNESS
5 RESPECT
FOR THE CHART: SELFLESSNESS (6) , RESPECT (7), FUN (5), FAMILY(7), HAPPINESS (9)
II. What I Want to Become and Achieve as A Leader: My Vision of Leading
In this part of your development plan you will capture your vision of what kind of leader
you want to be and what you might want to create as a leader. Think of and describe two well known leaders that you admire and look to as role models for the type of leader you want to become, and explain why.
Vision describes what you want to create, what you want to accomplish–your desired outcomes in a certain context. A vision statement might be something a simple as “I want to create an environment or an organization to which people want to belong”. Write a description of your leadership vision following the statement and explain your reasons for this vision.
To help you write this part, build a full representation of yourself as a leader. Imagine it is 10 years from now and you have the leadership job you always envisioned. What is your leadership role? What are you doing? What are the core values you are communicating to your employees and stakeholders about your business and your people? How are your personal purpose and value being met in your organization? You might also fill in the statement, “The kind of leader I want to be is”…. Think about the themes and values you uncovered in your Personal Purpose, Eulogy/Retirement exercise and the Core Values. Your leadership vision statement should be one page
ANSWER: I WANT TO BE A LEADER THAT CONSIDERS THE THOUGHTS OF OTHERS. I WANT TO ENGAGE WITH PEOPLE SO THAT THEY FEEL COMFORTABLE AND HAPPY WITH ME AND THEIR JOB.
III. Summary of Strengths and Weaknesses: “What to Work On”
This section should include the key strengths and key weaknesses you have identified based on the text, hand-outs, your assessments, interviews and your own intuition about what leadership behaviors and skills you would like to develop. Part III should be about one page.
ANSWER: …….
IV. Specific Development Action Plan: How will I achieve what I want
In Part IV you will write a compelling and specific leadership action plan to enhance your strengths and improve potential development areas over the next two to five years. Compelling means that it ties to your personal purpose or what drives and motives you (your higher level outcomes). Specific means that you will include outcomes, and detailed steps/actions or activities you will complete to accomplish these outcomes (examples may include training or education you will register for and specific experiences you will pursue) and the evidence of progress for each outcome. Evidence means how you will know you have achieved the outcomes… what will you see, hear and feel to know you have your outcome.
Your task in Part IV is to focus on your top three key development outcomes and write a “rich” and full action plan for each outcome. This section should be about one page
ANSWER: ….