The Power of Your Intentions: Creating an Intention Statement

Companies have mission statements to guide directors, managers, and employees in making decisions, interacting with employees, customers, and vendors, producing quality goods and services, and their involvement and contributions to the communities in which they operate. The mission statement is representative of the values an organization’s leadership hopes all of its stakeholders will adopt. Popular theory suggests that people should also develop their own mission statement as a guide in conducting their lives. While this is a good idea, in crafting your career, an Intention Statement is more powerful.

Scholars, scientists, clergy, and coaches all know the power of intention. Plain and simple, intention is an energy force that puts into action the events necessary to achieve a goal. Most of us have personal experience with intention and goal attainment and yet we don’t hesitate to dismiss intention whenever we feel blocked. Enter the Intention Statement. By writing down (this is a very important step in the process) what you intend to have happen, that energy is transmitted outside of yourself to begin attracting the circumstances you need to realize what you want to accomplish. Where intentions fail an individual is if the person is hazy on what they want. Think of intention as a radio signal. Muddled transmission equals muddled reception.

Below are some intention statements to help you in developing your own roadmap to the career you desire:

1. To employ my skills, talents, ability, and passion in a position that facilitates developing others to achieve their goals.

2. To work with an organization that respects, encourages, and develops its employees to their fullest.

3. To engage in challenging work that is always pushing me to the next level.

4. To be inspired by the product or service my organization produces.

5. To be able to engage with others around the world to acquire new ways of thinking and acting so I may pass this new knowledge along to others.

6. To work with an organization that is above-board and forthright in their dealings with employees, clients, and vendors.

7. To be fairly compensated for my experience, knowledge, and performance.

Read a great article here on the power of making statements of intention.