December 2, 2025
Your Personal Statement of Purpose will act as a compass when you need to make important decisions. You can ask yourself: “If I have decided the purpose of my life, what is the decision that I must make to fulfill that purpose?”
For this exercise you will look at your life from the perspectives of a variety of people on whom you’ve had a positive impact. Your end result will be one sentence that is relevant to every role you play, i.e., a parent, a professional, a spouse, a citizen, etc. It should make you feel a little self-conscious or even a little presumptuous. When you have taken the step of defining the purpose of your life you are doing something that many people never even consider.
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