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Real-world 'Mission Statements:' What's yours?

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:

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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.

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I will continue to cite...

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I will continue to cite Arrested Development and The Big Lebowski at every opportunity, be jealous of the success of others, and covet everything in sight. I will continue to like everything you like, but four years earlier, before it was cool. I will endlessly and tirelessly tinker and tweak every aspect of my life until it is refined to the point of near-uselessness, and obsess over this minutia at the expense of The Big Picture. I will be arrogant, snide, and steamroll everyone I come into contact with, and express nothing but a great deal of impatience and cruelty to my co-workers. I will point out the incompetance of others, take joy in their suffering, and draw a detailed picture about how you could have done anything better. In spite of these behaviors I will give generously of my time and financial resources to charities, march in protests, vote at every election possible, and lend a helping hand whenever I can to whomever I can.

We can change these, at any time, right? Please say yes.

Much of this fall under my Better Emory project, which is solely related to tasks that make me a better human being.

 
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