My Personal Mission

This post is the first summary of my personal mission progress. Happy to hear your feedback and learn how you organize your life goals.?

After I had exited from Divante I spent some time thinking about what's next for me.

During my education program at London Business School, I had a great session with Daniel M. Cable, author of the book Exceptional.

I’ve learned that my character strengths are:?

1. Perseverance,?Leadership, “Zest"
2. Creativity, Curiosity, Perspective, Love of learning
3. Hope, Forgiveness, Humor
4. Honesty, Love

these character strengths correspondent with my Best Self (things I’m really good at):

1. Education - with motivational flavor, “you can” attitude - broadcasting - huge audiences,
2. Creation - brainstorm, strategize - workshops - small group,
3. Support - coaching, mentoring - p2p - deep connection.

This is how I actually work these days:

1. Education - I build a pipeline of founders interested in the topic I address: growth, sales, marketing, and going global,
2. Creation - I help these companies to create expansion and exit/succession strategies,
3. Support - I help them execute their strategy.

Having these skills and passion for growth, business and changing the world I was thinking about the mission that I’m really interested in and that I could execute.

We can change World for the better by building global organizations that act wisely, honestly and on the scale.?

I decided that my mission for the coming years is:?

"To support Founders in building Global Organizations, changing the World for the better."

Space, where I can help, is business (enterprise software, healthcare, for good tech), education, art&culture, for-good/charity. Long-lasting value is something that interests me.

I operationalized this mission statement to 2 KPIs, my success will look like this:

1. I've invested in 30 startups with global potential.?
2. I helped 100 leaders to grow (startups, education).

Right now I’m after the first year of my mission, what I have accomplished so far:

1. At Catch The Tornado we have invested in 6 startups and we make 2 follow-on investments. Our portfolio.?
2. At Catch The Tornado Dots we have built a community of 48 Tech Startups Founders, meeting, sharing knowledge and scaling their organizations globally. You can learn more about CTT Dots here (in Polish).?

Some conclusions after the first year

1. The most effective way of building impactful organizations is by using network effects. Tech To The Rescue I co-founded 2.5 years ago already impacted positively 4m people thanks to the strategy of connecting non-profit organizations with tech companies.
2. This same strategy of connecting the right Founders we use at Catch The Tornado Dots. The most effective way of training and inspiring entrepreneurs is through peer-to-peer learning. Entrepreneurs love to learn from each other.?The deep connection they get in the process is something that helps them cure the loneliness of the leader they all have.
3. Doing what you are good at is so f****** great. If you can connect this with a bigger mission you will feel really awesome. Of course, things are not going well all the time. Though personal issues I’m facing right now, are definitely not part of my plan, but even then, having this plan is helping a lot.
4. We have a lot of potential among CEE Founders. Education, Creation and Support are crucial for this ecosystem. We need more Founders after exits that will contribute to this ecosystem.

Happy to hear your feedback and ideas on how you plan your life goals and what can I do to achieve my goals. Glad to work with anyone who shares this same passion.?