Sitting over the top of our goals, our projects and our areas of focus is our vision and our values.  By vision, I mean our own personal mission statement.  That sounds a bit too grand for an individual person.  I mean, what is it that we hope to do in the short time we are living on this earth.  Having some kind of idea on this is, I believe, an essential part of living an effective life.  Therefore, we need to give time and focus to working out your personal vision and values for an effective life.