Goals

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Goals

• Values Goals Behavior Self-esteem

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If I had 8 hours to chop down a tree, Id
spend 6 sharpening my ax

• Abraham Lincoln

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What is a goal?

• Activity Shrinking Circle

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Shrinking Circle Discussion

• What happened when the goal to fit in the circle
  got harder?
• How does that relate to our life?
• What are some of the things that prevented us
  from achieving this goal?

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Short vs. Long

• A short term goal is achieved quickly
• Finish a term paper,
• Wash dishes,
• Mail Christmas cards by Friday, ect.
• They help you
• achieve your long
• term goals.

• Long term goals will take months, years, all of
  your life.
• Graduate from college,
• Become a pilot,
• Lose ____ pounds, ect.

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Why do we set goals?

• Story Oh the Places Youll Go!

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Make a list of things youd like to do before you
die.
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Another Check Mark On The List

• One rainy afternoon an inspired 15-year-old
• Boy name John Goddard sat down at his
• kitchen table in Los Angeles and wrote three
• words at the top of a yellow pad, My life
• List. Under that heading he wrote down
• 127 goals. Since then he has completed 108
• of those goals. Some of the goals he listed
• included
• Excerpt from Chicken Soup for the Soul by Jack
  Canfield and Mark Victor Hansen.

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38 Visit Every Country in the World
1 Explore the Nile River
21 Climb Mount Everest
49 Explore the Great Barrier Reef Underwater
12 Study Primitive Cultures in Borneo
117 Milk a poisonous snake.
76 Fly in a blimp, hot air ballon and glider
41 Ride a horse int the Rose Parade
126 Marry and have children
81 Type 50 words a minute
118 Light a match with a 22 rifle
113 Become proficient in the use of a plane,
motorcycle, tractor, surfboard, rifle, pistol,
canoe, microscope, football, basketball, bow and
arrow, lariat and boomerang
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• These are not simple or easy goals. They
• include climbing the worlds major
• mountains, exploring vast waterways,
• running a mile in five minutes, reading the
• complete works of Shakespeare and the
• entire Encyclopedia Britannica.

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John Goddard

• What kind of person do you think John Goddard
  was?
• Some say that he had to be wealthy in order to
  accomplish all of his goals, do you agree?
• Do you think that the length of time a person
  holds a dream is in any way related to the
  outcome? Why or Why not?
• What do you think is the main factor in a person
  accomplishing a dream or a goal?

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What is the difference between a dream and a
goal?

• A dream is a desire for something. Whereas a goal
  is specific, measurable, and has a deadline.

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Would you like to add to your My Life List?
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Setting Goals ? Take Action

• Activity Ball Toss

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Do you believe you can achieve?

• We need to learn how to dream
• Keep the dream alive, reach your goals
• Some people dont decide or have a vision of what
  they want out of life. NO GOALS!!!
• People with goals can see what they eventually
  want to achieve and they can see just how to get
  there.

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Guidelines for Goals

• Goals Must be Specific a specific goal has a
  greater chance of being accomplished.
• Goals must be Measurable when you can measure
  your progress, you stay on track, and experience
  achievement.
• Goals must be Attainable
• Goals must be Realistic - your goal is probably
• realistic if you truly believe you can
  accomplish it.
• Goals must be Timely a goal should be grounded
  within a time frame. With no time frame there is
  no sense of urgency.
• Use these Guidelines and
• your goals will be SMART!

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Believe

• Hold on to someone elses belief in you until you
  believe in yourself.
• If you do not believe you can do it, this is why
  you wont succeed.

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Activity The I cant Funeral

• Write down on a piece of paper everything you
  cant do.
• Eulogy
• Now write a list of I CAN. Keep this in your
  note book/journal.
• Play Song I Believe I Can Fly

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Success is in the Bag

• You need purse-severance.
• It requires the same amount of energy to be
  successful as it does to be unsuccessful.
• 99 of your assets are standing in your shoes.
• 80 of success is showing up.

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Build a bridge and get over it.

• You will have challenges
• You will have roadblocks
• You can have excuses or success but not both.
• Story Circus Elephants and Limitations

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There are three types of people

• People who make things happen.
• People who let it happen.
• People who dont know what happened.
• What one are you going to be?