Mission - 2 Fold Personal Mission I
Maximize Peace & Justice - rule of law and enforcement mechanism at international level:
- Allow for calling into check power full countries/people/corporate interests at the expense of others
- Curb the dominance of the maximization of profit at the expense of other basic human/social values
- Peace-building in conflict areas with humanitarian and long term strategic stability and democracy building
Strengths:
Ability to effectively organize, motivate others, bring people together in collaboration
Ability to see/understand multiple points of view
Decent at helping people see/consider other perspectives
Driven to this due to my personal experience
Decent public/motivational speaker
Possible ways of getting there:
UN/International Agencies
Writing articles & books
Activist Youth Programs
Professor/Teacher
How these can have impact:
Public/Individual awareness building:
Show the interrelationships between interests of other nations and peoples and your own (both nationally and personally).
Policy changes: Gradually use influence and exchange of ideas to move the international system in this direction
Next Steps (to enhance myself to make me more capable of mission):
Study (formally & informally) International Law/governance
GRE
LSADS
Acquire financial support to allow me to pursue these ends
Agencies/Foundations
School Assistance
Develop strategic plan of going forward
Spend time with like minded, similarly inspired & active people
Publish articles:
US Human Rights violations - Andrew
Joburg Transportation policies - Ghazal
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Personal Mission II II. Increase people’s ability to cope with personal psychological suffering to enable them to not become overwhelmed or consumed by their dark mental states (to not feel so isolated in them), while sharing my own experience having a similarly positive impact on my personal wellbeing.
Strengths:
- Passion for painting
- Ability to pedantically describe via written articulation
- Positive involvement with youth
- Driven to this due to my personal experience
- Connect with people first hand
Possible ways of getting there:
Art- doing, showing and promoting
Youth programs
Writing “Bestest”, articles, etc
Community/Individual connections
How these can have impact:
In experiencing something that shows you pain and suffering of someone else’s it often reducing your feeling of isolation in your own, which helps to alleviate it.
Next Steps (to enhance myself to make me more capable of mission):
Maybe a few classes on painting technique, creative writing
Paint more
Write more
Acquire financial support to allow me to pursue these ends
Spend time with like minded, similarly inspired & active people
Publish articles
Promote work
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