my mission is to be happy, in spite of the various chemicals in my brain which keep changing their minds (very very often...)

my mission is to be happy, in spite of the various different chemicals in my brain which keep changing their minds (pun intended) very very often...

Thanks Ekta. I think your pic doesn't show because you signed in with your FB account. And in your FB settings you have restricted profile visibility settings.

the chemicals in my brain have stated affecting my facebook profile. they are very moody.

To enjoy life and try not to hurt anyone.

Rahul, maybe there comes a point in everybody's life when this question pops into his/her head. I've had this thought several times. And my conclusion after much thought is this: I think the only worthwhile mission possible is to be happy, comfortable & regret-free at the point of death. And its all in the mind! If you've been a merry sinner all your life and still manage a happy death, lucky bugger! If you've been a boring saint and regret not having had any fun, you've been a complete idiot! Sorry if I have been too morbid in this...

Rahul, there comes a time in everyone's life when this question pops up and leaves one flabbergasted. Dont worry, its happened to me too. ANd the only answer I could come up with after much deliberation is, the only worthwhile mission in life is to be happy & regret-free at the point of death. And its all in your mind. You can be a complete boring saint and die regretting bitterly that you didnt have fun. In which case you are an idiot! Sorry if this is too morbid for you.

Mission to retire from work at 45-48 years. To be able to afford the best alcohol thereafter and once a year international holiday, once a year IPL and once a year domestic breakaway. :-)

Thanks Scott, Sriram and Allahabadi :-)

Hmmm... Damn... I gotta explore this myself... Will come back with the answer. :)

I asked the same question on LinkedIn - here are some of the responses:

1. Rahul, the mission of my life is to leave the world a better place on my way out than it was on my way in - Jackie Saad

2. Be yourself, but never forget that you are a part of society - Eugeny Brychkov

3. Mission? What mission?! Getting through each day is an achievement! - Clare Cronin

4. You've got great timing. Dr. Jim White is about to offer a 12 week teleseminar (which you can do on the web too) on findin your purpose. The program is excellent and does require you to do work each week. The course starts on Wednesday (Thursday for you in India). Register soon before it closes out.

I took this course myself and highly recommend it. Not only do you find your purpose, but you also identify a strategy to help you live in great harmony with your purpose which may include making some major life changes.

You can also read a blog entry below on exactly this topic.

My purpose is to help individuals and companies excel and reach for their highest potential through the sharing of information and creative problem solving.

Larry

Links:
http://www.eventbrite.com/event/359515320/WMPLM...
http://ilearingglobal-briantracy.com/2009/07/08...
http://www.ilearningGlobal-BrianTracy.com

Larry Boyer

5. Hi Rahul,
I just enjoy the little things in life to feel happy.

Klaas Veen vd

6. My mission is to cause trouble and call a spade a spade

Tim Tymchyshyn

7.Reduce the data glut on the digital highway by leveraging the client-side. WJ

Links:
http://www.mindtaffy.com
http://www.WOWsignage.com
http://www.3D4PDF.com

Wallace Jackson

8. To be the best Dave Maskin I can be...

Dave Maskin ★ WireNames.com ★ The WireMan

9. My self appointed mission in life is to build a healthy community.

Let me explain a little further
A community is a social group, small or large, in which individuals share the idea that, up to a point, common good comes before individual good.
And they believe that taking care of the community will benefit all community members.

A healthy community is integrated by well developed individuals, who are able to work as teams.

That's not something you do, that is a way to live by.
And although you don't do it for money, you need resources to push ahead, and you have to charge someone to get them.

Francisco Laborde

10. No, not at all. The mission of my life is to use the time I have as productively and joyously as possible.

Susan Shwartz PhD

11. I've worked on this - it's to keep the learning conversation flowing! Hence, LI!!! :-)

Lisa Sansom

12. To glorify God. It's that simple, but nothing else has been so challenging, and so fulfilling.

Marie-Dolores Anderson

13. Impossible

Wes Ransom, S.C.

From my colleague and friend Shridhar via email from Bengaluru:


I do not believe in missions. They limit me. They are rooted in preconceptions and personal biases. And they may not always be broadly shared ideals.

I would rather allow every event, every new person I meet and every situation to enrich and expand my experience of life.

So, loosely speaking, my mission is to keep learning from life and to keep rotating the kaleidoscope to see new things.

I don't HAVE to like what I see; nor does the world have to agree with how I see it.

Again from LinkedIn :


My mission is to be "the connector".



Links:

http://www.movinglinks4you.com

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iYslP5EO7gw

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v0fgRlxsyE4



Mary Lascelles (ReloMary)

More from LinkedIn:


My mission is to help people with great ideas move those ideas to fruition. There are a lot of great thinkers who need to connect with people who can help the financially.



Kirk Mousley, Ph.D., PMP

before 25 i was...
Poocho

chaahe poochane mein kitni bhi takleef ho

magar poocho

ki ye kab tak chalega...

after 25 i am

Poocho

chaahe poochane mein kitni bhi takleef ho

magar poocho, har lamhe se

ki main kyon hoon...



Ye mission sawal kamaal ka hai.

@Rupesh - poetry makes the point :-)

Some more from LinkedIn:


I know my mission of life is "Learn & Help" that cover everything for me.



Best Regards



Learner & Helper

Ravi Sharma



My mission is to create a project / program / business that will continue to help the aging live better lives and will continue to do so long after I am gone.



Life is so much bigger than we are as individuals



Stan Cohen

interesting ones but imho most of them qualify more to be a vision than a mission. mission, technically, would relate to action items while vision is the 'dream' that one wants to live for. but even then vision has to be definable and achievable. i mean 'being happy' can be a vision but one needs to qualify it further to explain what all 'being happy' means because it means many things to many people and many things to even the same individual in different circumstances and points of life.


similary 'learn and help' is a vision indeed but need to be qualified further because it is still very generic. technically everyone wants to learn and help, in fact a huge number of people do it every day. so that sounds more like a 'core value' rather than a vision statement

MISSION IMPOSSIBLE :-D

@pangti - thanks :-)
@kaajari - well....

More from LinkedIn:


To do what I can with what I have.



Heidi Titchenal

The last lot from LinkedIn:


My mission is to live my life to please God, to love my family and to help others in any way I can. Simply said, not always so simple to do:-)



Laurie Neumann



Hi Rahul.



Basically, the mission of my life is to travel ever forward, ever upward, in an upright position - head held high, chin up, shoulders square - taking in all that there is to perceive, interpret, experience, and appreciate, - and if I'm lucky I'll meet a few people along the way, travelling in the same direction, on their own steam, and we stop only to help those who struggle valiantly to achieve the same journey - not the whiners who won't try, but the brave who do.



That's my mission in life.



Thanks!



Sydney Morgan Diamond





Well, I would say that I would like to difference in the lifes of the people (positively) that I touch at different places be it work, friends, family, cleints, partners,to name a few & make this place a better place by my actions and enjoy every bit while trying to make that difference.



Vineet Pathania





Live like a man!



Daniel Kong





To be CONTENT....with what i have/get....



Indira Chaudhry

here's mine. i'd like to be happy and that might just take a lifetime.

Thanks Kedar :-)

Hmm. Great topic and post. My mission (not giving it a thought) is rather selfish. When I kick the bucket, at least a handful should say, 'he was a good bloke who lived his life for others'. Now that it sounds corny, let me re-think. Maybe my mission is to do all that I can so that my family leads a happy life. Needs a re-think. Will be back.

Tough question for me as well :-)

Er, got me thinking there!! When I was a kid, I thought my mission was to help others (yeah had a wish to do social work all my life)...Er, grew increasingly selfish over the years! And now....I don't know anymore what it is!!!! Yikes!!!

:-) join the gang