Goals

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Goals

• Value 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?

• Discussion
• Activity Shrinking Circle
• Discuss outcome of the Shrinking Circle
• What happened when the circle got smaller and
  harder to fit?
• How does this relate to our lives?
• What are some things that prevent us from
  reaching our goals?

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Long vs. Short

• A short term goal is achieved quickly (finish
  term paper, wash dishes, mail Christmas cards by
  Friday, etc.). They help you achieve your long
  term goals.

• Long term goals will take months, years, all your
  life.
• For example graduate from college, become a
  pilot, lose ___ pounds, etc.

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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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Things to remember

• Goals must be realistic you cant lose 40
  pounds in one month
• Must prioritize rank in order of importance
  you, cant accomplish it all at once.
• Do you have the resources you need to reach your
  goals (money, information, health, energy, skill,
  etc.).

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Individual Assignment

• Write a long list of the goals you think would be
  important and worthwhile for you to accomplish.
  (a dream list)
• Now have them look at their list and ask
  themselves the following questions
• Does it fit your values?
• Is it realistic?
• Is it flexible?
• Does it fit in with your other goals?
• Will the rewards be worth what you put in to
• it?
• Is it what you want?

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Belief

• Activity The I cant funeral
• write down on a piece a paper everything you
  cant do.
• Next 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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• If you are not working to where you want to be,
  you are AUTOMATICALLY working to where you dont
  want to be.
• Keep your most important values in mind at all
  times when you are making LESS important
  decisions.
• Dont sacrifice what matters most for something
  that doesnt matter that much to you. There are
  always trade-offs

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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

• Ones that make things happen
• Those that let it happen
• And the ones that dont know what happened.
• What one are you going to be?

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There is very little difference between mediocre
and greatness.

• The boiling point is only 1 degree different than
  very warm water.
• The difference is tremendous. Steam can power
  many things.
• The difference between a race horse that wins
  first place and a second place is often fractions
  of a second.

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Seven goal areas

• Family/home
• Social
• Educational
• Religious
• Achievement/recognition
• Career
• Physical/health

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Writing goals

• SPECIFIC!
• written down
• MEASURABLE
• TIME FRAME
• read out loud frequently
• posted visibly

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Student Assignment

• Set a goal and fill out the goal contract.

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• Show video
• The Blue Vase