Personal Vision Statement

Vision plays an important part in a leader’s life, in fact in anyone’s life. Without something to aim for we will always hit the target of missed purpose. Outlining a vision is essential for leading others and yourself. Within this paper, I will give a summary of the “Developing a Personal Vision Statement” assessment by Hackman and Johnson (2013), convey what I have learned from this exercise, how my self-understanding has increased, and what this reveals about my strengths and weaknesses as a leader. Lastly, based upon this assessment, steps to become a more effective leader will also be considered.

The “Developing a Personal Vision Statement” assessment revealed the terminal values I see as most important are salvation, a sense of accomplishment,

The things I find most important are the very things people often tell me to “chill” about. I want efficient, life affecting, perspective altering goals reached. Without logic, responsibility, capability, and ambition I am not going to have the sense of accomplishment I desire.

I want productivity. Most things I care about as a person deal with implementing or carrying out a well organized plan. Thus grafted with my personal vision statement is a sense of motion and progression. Yet, underneath all of this is still a sense of tranquility as I seek logical, harmonious way of accomplishing my vision while still maintaining true friendships. This increased understanding of myself will be helpful as I evaluate my potential strengths and weaknesses and how to improve my effectiveness as a leader.

The values that are important to me are the things “go getters” are made out of. Action is a strength that can make one effective but it must be channeled in the right direction. Even still, I need to be careful to not shy away from some of the more personable values. Simply because I do not see a value as the most important one on the table does not mean it is of no significance to another. Thus improving upon my weakness to overlook the values that create abstract results would benefit me as a

To continue an inner harmony, I need to be honest with myself and others to know when I am pushing it too hard or when I need to pick up the slack. Though being responsible often brings social recognition, I need to give the recognition to followers who are making the vision possible. This goes hand in hand with recognizing the capabilities of my followers and giving them a sense of accomplishment, in the end that will give me a larger sense of accomplishment too. Instead of simply valuing helpfulness, I need to see how that can form true friendships rather than just a working relationship. Lastly, my ambition is directly linked to my terminal value of salvation and though I do not have to work for my salvation, I must allow my value of salvation to drive my