This technique brings your desire, goals and values together to create a mission that promotes a deep sense of personal satisfaction.

1. To find the values which relate to a goal or desire, first identify that goal or desire. Then ask yourself, "What do I want or need from the goal I selected? What is important about it? What do I value about it?" Your answers will indicate what there is about the goal or desire that you value.

2. To find higher values than the ones you identified above, and to discover the direction your motivation is coming from, ask yourself, "What will these values do for me?" The answer will give you an even higher, more important value. For instance, you may want "greater success." And the value you get out of that goal would be "greater happiness." But what will greater happiness do for you? The answer to that question will be the higher, more important value. Your answer will also reveal the direction your motivation is coming from. In this case, it is to achieve; therefor, it is Toward goals (achieve, attain, gain). However, with different goals and different values, your motivation may have been Away From problems (with words like avoid, relieve, out).

3. To find the highest value, you should ask yourself: "What will having the highest value do for me? Your answer to this question will help you determine your mission.

4. A mission will include and fulfill all of a person's or organization's highest values. By systematically going through the steps detailed here, you can determine your mission.