Chris DallinAmerican Society of Military ComptrollersMarch 23, 2013How Darth Vader changed my life!

Agenda

• What’s your mission?• How’s your attitude?• Happiness• Goals• Define your own success.• Help others accomplish their mission• Enjoy the ride - “Liming”

What’s a mission?

• Mis-sion state-ment:

A summary of the aims and values of a company, organization, or individual.

Examples

“To be the world’s leading producers and providers of entertainment and information – we seek to develop the most creative, innovate , and profitable entertainment experiences in the world.”

Examples

“Excellence in the provision of healthcare.”

“Our mission is our guiding compass and now more than ever we need it to be clear and precise.” - General T. Michael Moseley

Examples

“The company that helps mothers and fathers raise happy, healthy babies.”

Examples

“Our mission is to win battles.” – The Marines

“Our mission is to win battles” - the Marines

An argument for a mission!

• If you can’t articulate your mission, that is your mission, to discover it.

My mission: “I, Chris Dallin, will be happy!

Happiness

Study: “Lottery winners and accident victims: Is happiness relative? 1978

-New Republic, 2011-Forbes.com, 2012

Happiness is a choice

“Everything can be taken from a man but one thing: the last of human freedoms – to choose one’s attitude in any given set of circumstances, to choose one’s own way.” – Viktor Frankl

Define your own success

Define your own success

King George VI. “The King’s Speech”

Define your own success(Martha Hughes Cannon)

• Me

• Pick of James Earl Jones

Two changes I made:

• “Mud Bug” hunting

• Fleas in a bottle

“Liming”

Thank you