Pat Adams Lecture Series: Bridgette Heller

Writing your own mission statement sounds easier said than done. In fact, writing one takes time with continual revisions. When you think you have the final revision done and neatly completed, you discover that things have changed.

Mrs. Bridgette Heller was the guest speaker for the Pat Adams Lecture Series, and her speech was about creating a mission statement with the all in changing environment around us. However, Mrs. Heller emphasized that once you develop your personal mission statement, you should strive to live by it. “You must articulate what your mission is, and hold yourself and one another to it”, as said by Mrs. Heller. If this is done correctly, one should fine them-selves happy and successful in whatever goals they are striving for.  

            This happiness and success may seem like its dictated by the world around us, but in actuality it starts with you. One must seek out these environments where you can be who you are, as said by Mrs. Heller, in order to follow one’s mission statement. This applies to career planning, and much more, in the way that one should find a career that suits their individual passions and visions. This enthusiasm for such a career ultimately leads to a more successful and happy person. This is not to say that there are not downfalls to mission statements. Statements can contradict one another in the way that one is too career focused or too personally focused. This hurdle has to be carefully examined by the mission statement holder, and revisions may need to be done.

            This lesson of balance between ones mission statement, with respect to career and personal life, was the most relevant lesson I got from Mrs. Heller’s speech. This is true throughout all aspects of life, and is key to whatever one does to become successful and happy. With this said, Mrs. Heller opened the eyes of many with her speech, and has also given me a sense of my future and myself.