Mission Statements and Purpose/Philosophy Statements for Massage Therapy
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Creating a mission statement will give you some added perspective and direction. Mission statements are often used by businesses to create a guideline to doing business. You can create a personal mission
statement that will summarize your vision. It should communicate the essence of who you are and what you want to do. I feel that it can be helpful when looking for a job to discover your mission. That way you it will make it easier to decide if you want to go to work for someone when the offer arrives.
To write a mission statement, it is necessary to find out about yourself and make meaning of what you are doing.
What is your reason for wanting to do
massage?
What do you feel is your goal in doing massage?
What brought you to massage in the first place?
What does doing massage mean to you?
bullet What do you think that you bring to your clients (or will)?
For more suggestions see: http://www.quintcareers.com/mission_statement_exercises.html
Or just do a search on google.com in the above box for mission statements.
Write out the answers to the questions and then start combining all of the answers into one or two sentences.
Your philosophy statement is just that – what do you believe in?
Knowing what you believe in and making a statement about it will also add clarity to your vision.
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What is your philosophy about what massage does for
people?
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What physical effects does massage have?
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What emotional effects does massage have?
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What spiritual effects does massage have?
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What does getting a massage mean to you?
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What has becoming a massage therapist meant to you?
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How has massage changed your life?
Again, you can combine the answers to these questions into one or two sentences
to add clarity to your vision.
