Powerful manifestos and goal-setting tools

Manifestos speak from the heart. Per Webster, a manifesto is a written statement declaring publicly the intentions, motives, or views of its issuer.  There are both personal, political and corporate manifestos or in Chris Guillebeau's case, he has written a manifesto or brief guide to world domination. I can't wait to dive into his guide and who can resist after reading his statement below about "who should read his report"...

Lululemon has their inspiring corporate manifesto you see above that hangs by my desk at all times. This small postcard size manifesto packs a lot of inspiration into a small space. Actually, this would be a perfect size for creating your own personal manifesto - it seems less intimidating than using a big poster board or writing a book. Lululemon encourages all their employees to set goals and even launched a website, Goaltender, offering goal-setting tools to help all of us live happy and healthy. In my hunt for the next best thing for MyInspirationLounge.com, I actually came across lululemon's goal-setting tool on Gwen Bell's site while reading her very useful and step-by-step guide on how to create your personal manifesto.

What I find most inspiring about manifestos is the fact it's an outpouring of someone's very personal thoughts and strong beliefs on an issue, topic or vision that inspires and moves them enough to write a manifesto. They might keep it to themselves, share with friends or with the world. When someone has the courage to speak their truth and share it with others, it's moving and humbling.

For manifesto inspiration and unconventional thinking, explore these resources:

A Brief Guide to World Domination by Chris Guillebeau with The Art of Nonconformity.

Who should read this report: "I should warn you now that this report is not for everyone.  In fact, it’s probably not for most people. Instead of writing for the general public, I spent about 35 hours writing these pages for a small minority of people interested in living life on their own terms while making a dramatic, positive difference in the lives of others at the same time. In short, I wrote it for people who are serious about ruling—or at least changing—the world." ~ Chris

The Personal MBA Manifesto: MBA programs don’t have a monopoly on advanced business knowledge: you can teach yourself everything you need to know to succeed in life and at work.

How to Create Your Personal Manifesto by Gwen Bell.

"When you write your goals the whole world opens up in front of you. I like to examine mine closely twice a year. Once in January, when the calendar year begins. Once in the Fall, when the school year begins." ~ Gwen

The Happiness Project Toolbox by Gretchen Rubin:

The Happiness Project Toolbox is a free collection of eight tools that will help you be happier now. These tools will help you set goals, keep your resolutions, articulate your values, and pull together material that inspires you.

Slow Family Living Manifesto:

Slow Family Living is a revolution in the way we think about, embrace and implement family living. It was born out of our belief that family life is being hijacked by society’s messages that more is better, faster is greater and that you and your children are at risk of being left behind, unless you buy in NOW.

I'm off to read about how to take over the world!

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Comments

[Wayne]

Misty-

Very thought provoking post. I think you hit the ball out of the ball park! I have used this same concept with my clients as well-taking the well known word: Manifest Destny to mean: "Manifest "YOUR " own Destiny".

I thimk the caveat is that people have to "believe" in themselves or in God Himslelf in helping people to move from thinking about X to acting upon X in their lives-what ever X is with resepct to their goals in life.

In my 10 plus years of strategic planning/goal setting for private industry and individuals-I have found that many people do not even know what their goals for themsleves are-yet alone actually believing they will ever get there. Because of this I developed the ICPRA aproach model (Idealize, Conceptualize, Prioritize, Realize, Actualize) for goal setting-thereby moving people from "active thinking" to active doing/believing"

Great article and keep up the good work!

Cheers-

Wayne

[Darrin]

I dunno. I think goal setting tools have to be a lot more tangible and action based than this implies. Otherwise they aren't goals - they are "wishes", right?