A powerful new tool for
personal mission development

Most self help gurus see personal mission development as a vital part of any improvement program.

Enrol in one of their programs and sooner or later they'll ask you to write a personal mission statement. This is where you say:

• what your values are
• where you plan to take your life
• how you plan to get there.

But hold on. There’s a problem here. Your end result is going to be full of words, words, words. How boring is that.

It's time to change
Truth is personal mission development doesn’t have to be like that. Believe it or not, you can make it a totally words-free process.

I know what you’re thinking. If you remove the words, what else is there?

The answer, my dear Otisians, is fruit. Yes indeed, I’m going to show you how to carry out personal mission development using nothing but fruit.

Why fruit?
Fruit has big advantages over boring old words.

• it’s more visual
• it’s more fun
• you can eat it.

But here's the best bit. When you use fruit as the language of personal mission development it becomes almost impossible for people to understand what you are saying.

Your fruit-based mission statement will make no sense to anyone. Except you.

That means in six months, when your boss or partner reviews your progress, it will be hard for them to know how well or badly you have performed.

Freshly plucked
You're probably wondering what a fruit-based mission statement looks like.

Well, it's literally a list of fruit. You can write it down as words, or you can cut out pictures of fruit and stick them on a page. Better still you can use the real thing, freshly plucked.

Think about it. While others store their mission statement in a filing cabinet or on a computer hard drive, you'll be keeping yours in a fruit bowl. How cool is that.

Direction
So which fruit should you use? Well, that’s up to you. Choose the varieties that best reflect the direction you wish to take your life.

At this point it might be helpful to look at some fruit-based mission statements together with their interpretations. Study these and you'll soon see how it works:

Mission statement 1
Blueberry, orange, kumquat, pomegranate, plum, plum, apricot

Interpretation
My plan is to develop my skills in marketing and climb up the corporate ladder to become vice president of a cutting-edge, best-of-breed, global network solutions provider, earning a seven figure salary.

Mission statement 2
Banana, banana, banana, banana, banana, banana, mango, guava

Interpretation
I wish to start my own fruit import company. At first I aim to focus mainly on importing bananas, but later I will diversify into other tropical fruits.

Mission statement 3
Red grape, green grape, red grape, green grape, red grape, green grape

Interpretation
I want to be a traffic cop.

Symbolism
By now you are starting to get the idea.

Every fruit has its own personality and symbolism. By linking these together in different ways you can convey the essence of a powerful mission statement.

When you adopt this new approach expect your colleagues to mock. But you're the one who'll have the last laugh.

Why?

Because their mission, unlike yours, will be entirely fruitless.

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