ITL212: Get Yourself One of These and Have All the Hard Decisions Made for You

In the Loop with Andy Andrews

On this week’s episode, I discuss my family mission statement and how to come up with your own for your family or business.

I think it’s very necessary to have a mission statement for your family and business.

• A mission statement creates boundaries that allow you to play freely, create freely, and deal freely within those boundaries.
• You can learn where those boundaries are because all your activities and everything you do should fit within the boundaries of the mission statement.
• Questions to ask: Is this part of who I am, and who I am working to become? Is this part of my mission in life?
• If it’s not—it’s “outside the fence”—then to me, I don’t even have a decision to make.

Living your life according to a mission statement is a more narrowly focused version of living your life according to principles.

• A number of years ago when finances were very tight, Robert and I were offered a deal from a very famous beer company to put a sign behind me when performing at college campuses.
• The offer they made was more than we had made in the previous 2 years combined, but Robert and I made the decision in about 60 seconds—we had already decided we were not going to be a part of advertising alcohol.
• We hadn’t established a mission statement at that point, but we were establishing principles about how we were going to run our business.

Tune in to hear a breakdown of the Andrews family mission statement, to hear about an addiction Andy developed early in his life, and to hear Andy deliver a brilliant musical performance!

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