Mission Statement (broken down)

  azichettello
Thursday, Dec. 31 2015, 06:16:28 PM
Edited: Wednesday, Nov. 10 2021, 05:41:28 PM
Life ManagementMission Statement
 

To explore and strive to reach the potentials of life.

To be a leader of society who

awakens the best in others,

fosters good relationships and

is a benefactor of good.

To achieve a high state of individualism and freedom through

courage,

creativity and

wisdom.

To enjoy and live a healthy life.


 azichettello - 8 years, 3 months ago Open
Two Life Missions (created 2013, before this document)

Educate the ignorant

  • I want to educate the ignorant, not by giving them the answers, but by unlocking within them the mindset to empower them to come up with their own solutions. (Refer to Outwitting the Devil, Feb 14, 2014) Diversity is beautiful in it’s power and I do not wish to suppress it by teaching my own solutions...everyone has the power to come up with their own...and has the freedom to seek them or to not. But I believe that everyone should at least understand their own inner beauty and that we all are capable of greatness in our own way. But what they ultimately choose to do is, and should be, completely up to them.

    • Psychology is important here and especially my ability to understand the differences between people (personalities must be understood)

    • Understanding motivation is also very important (I need to know what motivates people and how to motivate people)

    • LEADERSHIP

  • PLAN: Develop a system to spread this message to people

    • Start a company to coach people?

      • Must first gain credibility to be successful in this endeavour

      • Must be able to mentor others on mentoring →psychology & relatability

    • Teach people what I know/learn along the way and mentor people as opportunities arise

    • BECOME A GREAT LEADER

    • TRAIN OTHERS TO BE LEADERS

Spread prosperity

  • I want to provide opportunities for people to prosper in whatever area they are inclined towards. I want to seek out individuals with a good heart that may be struggling and help them to prosper, whether through mentorship or through financial assistance.

    • Business acumen is extremely important here

    • I must first find my own prosperity before anyone will believe I could help them to find theirs

    • This is where I give people specific answers to their needs through mentoring and guidance

  • PLAN: PHASE 1: Lead a profitable life

    • Develop large positive cash flow through business and investing

      • Do not do anything just for money...it must also intersect with my mission and other goals...Money should never be the main purpose of anything. (Feb 14, 2014)

      • Must be able to create passive income effectively. This ties into becoming proficient at developing systems and being a great leader

  • PLAN: PHASE 2: Become great at spotting people and ideas with potential

  • Must be able to see the vision of others and provide a pathway for success

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 azichettello - 8 years, 3 months ago Open
[M9]: "wisdom"

Background

  • I need to always be learning from the wise and respecting the wise

  • Who is the “wise”? Anyone with a greater understanding of something than I in a particular area is “wise” to me. This means that everyone is “wise” in some way.

  • So appreciate peoples wisdom and respect it. Those who are living and those that are dead

Goals

Personal Management Principles

Learning/Activity Management

Other Notes

  • Always seek to expand my knowledge, understanding and wisdom

    • Consistently seek to understand and learn by reading, listening and observing, and, when most advantageous, through personal experience

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 azichettello - 8 years, 3 months ago Open
[M8]: “creativity”

Background

  • I highly appreciate creativity and find it necessary for the continual improvement of our society without any degradation

  • Refer to Creative Thinkers Toolkit notes

Goals

Personal Management Principles

Learning/Activity Management

Other Notes

  • Embrace creativity and individualism

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 azichettello - 8 years, 3 months ago Open
[M7]: “courage”

Background

  • How a person deals with fear is a major factor determining factor in whether they will succeed

  • Be mindful of my fear and learn to overcome my fears

  • But don’t confuse courage with recklessness

  • Use my fears as a source of power to propel forward positively

    • Refer to X-men quote by Xavier...

    • Fear by Blue October

Goals

Related Goals

Personal Management Principles

Learning/Activity Management

Other Notes

  • Live courageously and don't let fear influence me

    • Take (calculated) risks and don’t be afraid to fail...you learn the most from failure

    • Live life to the fullest

    • Don’t settle for mediocrity and think critically regarding my role in society

    • Search for truth and don’t be afraid to be a trailblazer

  • Refer to outwitting the devil and the emphases on overcoming fear.

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 azichettello - 8 years, 3 months ago Open
[M6]: “achieve a high state of individualism and freedom”

Background

  • This has been an update that evolved first from desire to succeed in business, then entrepreneurship and finally to the realization that really what I want is to embrace individual and freedom and gaining influence in this world

  • Currently, the path I’m aware of that allows me achieve each of these qualities is a combination of entrepreneurship and investing.

  • The goal is to not be doing anything that I’m not passionate about. So perhaps being an employee is still possible, but need to consider how I could make a big difference in the world.

Goals

Personal Management Principles

Learning/Activity Management

Other Notes

  • Make great use of strategy and creative problem solving in my day-to-day life

    • Develop a systematic mindset while consistently seeking to improve my methodologies

      • KT Method, Ben Franklin, PDCA, Mindworks.com, Strategic decision-making (entrepreneurial training), Personal MBA

      • Start with goal, then make a plan, then act out plan

  • As Hobbs would say, freedom is given up for security in social contract theory. I did understand that ultimate freedom also yields ultimate insecurity. There needs to be some balance but do still believe that I'm capable of acquiring greater freedoms with minimal loss of security just by educating myself and building my own "empire" within empires. (|A, 1/24/2014

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 azichettello - 8 years, 3 months ago Open
[M5]: “benefactor of good”

Background

  • I need to make sure that in my endeavors and as I succeed and gain more influence that I continue to be a force of good

  • It easy to let greed take over so I need to be very mindful of this

  • The three areas to consider are myself, other people and society

  • The decisions I make should consider all of these elements

Goals

Personal Management Principles

Learning/Activity Management

Other Notes

  • Seek to help others especially when the opportunity arises

    • Be a motivator and positive influence on the lives of others

    • Teach others what I have learned, inspire others towards success, and, when possible, provide opportunities for success to others with a win-win or synergistic approach

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 azichettello - 8 years, 3 months ago Open
[M4]: “fosters good relationships”

Background

  • Act in ways that improve my relationship with others as well as help to improve the relationships among other people

    • Family oriented

Goals

Personal Management Principles

Other Notes

Learning/Activity Management

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 azichettello - 6 years, 3 months ago Open
Alex Behavior Improvements

  • Don't be condescending to Leanne or anyone (5/28/2014)

  • Don't show off knowledge or skills (5/28/2014)

  • Spend more time observing and thinking than talking (5/28/2014)

  • Leanne thinks I need to get used to texting less and being more present

  • |A/L: 1/20/19:

    • Leanne thinks I’ve gotten better at the items mentioned above but still sometimes struggle when I think my way is the only way. In these situations, I resort to condescension sometimes. Be more aware of this and ask Leanne to call me out on it.

  • |A: 1/24:

    • Leanne expressed aggravation at me pushing her to work on the gift card status last night after work when all she wanted to do was relax after an exhausting day.

    • She feels I ignore her feelings and prioritize getting things done and thinks instead I should focus on her feelings before getting stuff done

    • Also when I give her the option to not do something, she feels compelled to do it because she doesn’t want to disappoint me. So giving her the option isn’t enough, I have to accept her decision without any sense of judging/disappointment

  • |A/L: 1/27:

    • Leanne feels like I sometimes get in my own world and it clouds my thought

  • |A/L: 2/10:

    • Leanne feels I wasn’t condescending, even though we did get into a fight

  • |A/L: 3/4:

    • Leanne feels I’m getting better but definitely in my own world lately which she doesn’t like

  • |A: 4/1:

    • I feel I’ve improved a lot with this but Tara says I have a pedantic Jesus-like ego and that I need to work on that

  • Leanne thinks I’m doing well with all of these things.

  • Leanne thinks I do better with the texting less and being more present still but the rest are good

  • Leanne thinks that Alex has been doing a good job about trying to balance his attention to Tara, Leanne, Laddice but could use some self care time, especially considering all the travel he’s doing this month.  

  • We’ve talked about not letting my tasks control me. Both Leanne and Tara agree that I need to do something about being overwhelmed with my task lists because it’s affecting my ability to sleep. I came up with some plans with their help:

    • 1) Don’t use my phone at night or in the morning if I plan to keep sleeping. Also don’t use the computer in the early morning if I need more sleep. Put my phone away from reach

    • 2) I made a master list for tracking my logs to help me plan out reducing my logging in a way that maintains the record

    • 3) I’m considering to have a one day a week planning for my daily tasks so that I don’t have to do them all daily but rather in particular days and hence can maintain the habit of doing them, just not as frequently. Make a task for this.

  • Leanne thinks I’ve been doing well lately

  • I think Alex has been doing well lately and has been helpful and sensitive to people’s feelings.

  • I think Alex has been doing well with balancing these things as well as communicating his feelings. He tends to be cold and aloof when he needs to get his feelings across, however.

  • I sometimes get frustrated with how often Alex is on his phone, but I understand that it sometimes can’t be helped and that I am also on my phone a lot.

    • My challenge is that sometimes I feel worried about upsetting Tara when I say I’m busy with you and that it will make her jealous. This is something that I’m focusing on improving with her.

  • I feel like Alex has gotten a little better about phone usage in the past couple of weeks which I am grateful for

  • Logging: I feel that the timing of Alex’s logging sometimes gets in the way of experiencing moments with people or can just be frustrating when we’re trying to have a conversation. Tara suggested that instead of logging less, choose different times to log or simply ask “is it okay if I log this quickly?”

    • Leanne still feels my logging is getting in the way of time with her sometimes

    • Leanne still feels like my phone usage is a lot but she is trying to learn to be more patient with that.

  • 2/16/2021

    • Reviewed this with Leanne and we both agreed I have completely improved in all of these areas, most struggling with the phone issue but with some focus on that I’m doing well now there too.

    • After 5 years, I have successfully address all of these issues.

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 azichettello - 8 years, 3 months ago Open
[M3]: “awakens the best in others”

Background

  • This was added to the mission statement to reinforce my requirement of consistently positively affecting others on my path towards my own success.

  • Consistent means that I don’t deviate from it...I need to make sure I’m never negatively impacting others

  • This means I need to understand others and their differences so I know how to avoid negatively influencing them and maximize my positive impact

    • This takes patience and needs to be done very carefully (&I)

  • I want to make sure that while I’m improving myself, I am pulling others up with me and not pushing others down below me. This just so happens to be tied to being a great leader and so I have twice the motivation to exercise this as part of my mission.

Goals

Personal Management Principles

Other Notes

  • Seek to understand the perception of people I don't agree with

    • Treat all people with respect and as unique individuals (emotional intelligence)

      • Keep the full-model human in mind - body, mind, heat, soul (8th Habit)

  • • Ben (|B,7/26/2013)

Learning/Activity Management

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 azichettello - 8 years, 3 months ago Open
[M2]: “be a leader in society”

Background

  • This happens to be one of my weaknesses (see above), but is also something I’ve always strove for

  • I need to find ways to improve my capacity to lead.

  • Legacy is fundamental to having a satisfying life

  • I want to leave something behind that continues on in a meaningful way that reaches the masses.

    • This is more than just children

    • It perhaps is a business or some form of pioneering of something important to society.

    • Project AMPLE’s Laddice (*T)

    • Review Creative Thinkers Toolkit for leadership concepts (*T)

Goals

Personal Management Principles

Learning/Activity Management

Related Reading

Other Notes

  • Key points:

    • This happens to be one of my weaknesses (see above), but is also something I’ve always strove for

    • I need to find ways to improve my capacity to lead.

    • Moral authority before positional authority

    • Legacy is fundamental to having a satisfying life

    • I want to leave something behind that continues on in a meaningful way that reaches the masses. This is more than just children. It perhaps is a business or some form of pioneering of something important to society.

      • Project AMPLE’s Laddice (*T)

      • Review Creative Thinkers Toolkit for leadership concepts (*T)

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 azichettello - 8 years, 3 months ago Open
[M1]: “explore, and strive to reach, the potentials of life”

Purpose

Background

  • This is derived from my thirst for deeper understanding of the world and what it is to be human

  • To achieve this, I need to consistently experience new things, meeting different people as well as keep reading, researching, and learning overall.

  • I need to consistently be identifying my weaknesses and converting them to strengths (below are list of worthy weaknesses to work on)

  • Since I don’t yet truly know my potentials, I need to adapt my goals to incorporate the new concepts I learn in life or else I’m just limiting the scope of my existence.

Goals

Personal Management Principles

Tasks

Log

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 azichettello - 8 years, 3 months ago Open
[M1-M4]: Always adapt my goals to incorporate the new concepts I learn in life

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 azichettello - 8 years, 3 months ago Open
[M1-M3]: Always be aware of my frustrations and think critically about why I have them

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 azichettello - 8 years, 3 months ago Open
[M1-M2]: Always be open to new perspectives, especially when I initially disagree with them

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 azichettello - 8 years, 3 months ago Open
[M1-M1]: Always strive for success and self improvement

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 azichettello - 8 years, 3 months ago Open
[M1-G4]: Improve my strengths

  • Guideline

    • Psychology

    • Analytical thinking

    • Organizational skills

    • Project management

    • Teaching/explaining

    • Creativity

  • Breakdown

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 azichettello - 8 years, 3 months ago Open
[M1-G3]: Improve my weaknesses

  • Guidelines

    • Public speaking

      • Improved a lot

    • Relaxing

      • Need more improvement

    • Focus

      • Improved some, need more improvement

    • Awareness

      • Improved some, need more improvement

      • Meditation training, work harder to focus during meditation

    • People skills

      • Okay, but could be more comfortable when talking to people in groups

    • Memory

      • Work on peg method more

    • Decision making

      • I get lost in the details and need work on coming to a decision swiftly

    • Stubbornness and the inability to see Leanne’s perspective (quoted by Leanne on 9/4/2016)

      • She was mad at me for wanting to review her life document and do the progression report

      • She said she thinks I feel like it is the only way: my way or the highway

  • Breakdown

    • People skills

      • Confidence in communicating with people

        • Develop my personality weaknesses

          • Become more sanguine, people like it sometimes (Leanne)

          • Be more enthusiastic

          • Top 5 books

          • Find the Bright spot CD

        • Speaking publically

          • Toastmasters

          • Other speech practices and training

            • Practice on my own and with family and friends

            • Practice by be aware of my own speech habits day-to-day

      • Being a person of moral authority

        • Develop my character

          • See LLR

          • Refer to Personal Virtues

          • I need to do this because there is an inherent human tension towards taking advantage of others and this inclination will increase as I become more powerful.  I need to make sure I keep control of myself. (&I)

      • Connecting to people while in crowds and overall comfort among groups of people I’m unfamiliar with

        • Meeting new people

          • Remember their names

          • Remember the things they care about

      • Networking

        • Linkedin

        • Meetup

        • etc.

      • Maintaining friendships

        • Stay in touch with people

      • Making new friendships

    • Communal activity

      • I’m not satisfied with my current level of help to others...I could do better in this respect

        • Mentorship

    • Awareness and concentration

      • Mindfulness

        • Refer to Mindfulness class

        • Meditate

          • Refer to discussion with Dr. Chen (9/27/2014)

      • Driving

        • Focus more

      • Problem solving

        • Situation appraisal

          • KT method

    • Memory

      • Names and details about people

        • Train myself using memory techniques including Peg method

          • Continue practicing with numbers

          • Practice with names

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 azichettello - 8 years, 3 months ago Open
[M1-G2]: Identify my weaknesses & strengths

  • Guidelines

    • Make a note of all the times I feel inadequate at something and what it is

    • Make a note of all the times I get praised for my ability in something note what it is

    • Review 80/20 principle

  • Breakdown

    • Identification of what I’m capable of

    • How to reach my capabilities

      • Ben Franklin method

        • Review the section in his autobiography and think about how it could apply to my life and ideals.  Basically, he created a list of 13 moral virtues based on all of his readings and very much influenced by various forms of religion (mostly Christian).  He simplified each into a single word that could be described in a short sentence.  He realized that he couldn't keep up with all of them at the same time so he decided to focus on one at a time.  He carefully chose the order so that one item would help with the next and so on.  The plan initially was to go through each item once for a month and finish in one year...but that didn't work.  However, he did see great progress and started over the cycle again.  This was very important to Franklin's success (as well as reading 1-2 hours daily) (*T)

    • Pushing the limits and extending my capabilities

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 azichettello - 8 years, 3 months ago Open
[M1-G1]: Experience new things

  • Guidelines

    • Try new things that I may not initially be enthused about

    • Be open to meeting and getting to know new people

    • Read a wider variety of books by a wider variety of authors

  • Breakdown

    • Learning

      • Reading

      • Researching

      • Classes

      • People/mentorship —> Think about this

    • Activities

      • Try new things

        • Don’t really need to do the same things over and over again if I don’t truly enjoy them...instead try new things that I may not initially be enthused about

    • People

      • Get comfortable meeting new people

    • Places

      • Go to new places I’ve never been before that are different than what I’m used to

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