Goal Setting

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Goal Setting

• Getting Organized About Life

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Why do we need Goals?  

• Goals give you direction in all areas of your
  life Personal, Career, Spiritual, Material, and
  Contribution
• Goals give you a purpose in life.  A reason to
  get up early in the morning and go to bed late at
  night
• Goals will put drive and passion into your life
• Not having goals is similar to sailing a ship
  across the Atlantic without a map.  Goals, like
  maps, help you get to your destination much
  faster than sailing though life aimlessly

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What Are Goals?

• Goals are something that you want to achieve in
  the future. You set goals so that you can get
  better at more things, aim for something in the
  future and achieve more during your life.
• Goals are the specific things, tasks or
  accomplishments you must complete in order to
  achieve the kind of life you desire.

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Types of Goals

• Long Term
• ultimate goal
• Intermediate
• milestones leading to ultimate goal
• Short Term
• smaller steps to be completed

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Example

• Long Term
• Graduate High School with a 3.7 GPA
• Intermediate
• Maintain a B and A average from now on
• Short Term
• Pass all my 6th grade classes with As

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Setting Goals 

• First you must dream!
• Write your ideas down on paper and decide which
  ones are the most important to you.
• Review what you have written down on paper.
• Prioritize
• Which of these goals are most important to you,
  and why?
• On a fresh piece of paper, write down one goal at
  a time. Beside the heading, write down a deadline
  for achieving that goal.
• To help achieve the long term goal, set a
  timeline using short term goals.

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Getting Started

• Where are you now?
• Take a current inventory. You will never know how
  far you have to go if you dont know where you
  already are.
• What obstacles do you need to overcome?
• Is there something that may make it difficult to
  achieve your goal? Be aware of the obstacle so
  you can make plans to overcome it.

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Begin with the end in mind

• Know Yourself
• Strengths
• Weaknesses
• Likes
• Dislikes
• Passions
• What makes you Complete

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Goals should beSMART Specific, Measurable,
Attainable, Realistic and Timely
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Specific

• A goal is specific when you know exactly what is
  to be achieved and accomplished. A simple goal
  is easier to understand. Imagine your goal as
  specifically as you can. Ask Who, where, what,
  when, howspecifically?

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Measurable

• Goals should be quantifiable. Think of the
  evidence that will let you know you have achieved
  it.
• For example, words like better or faster are
  not quantifiable. Raise my Ds to As,
  provides a clear measure for a goal.
• Instead of, I want to do better in math, try,
  I will listen as Mr. González corrects the math
  homework to learn from my mistakes.

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Achievable

• Goals are self-maintained the achievement of the
  goal is up to you alone.
• Your goal should clearly speak to things that you
  have control over.

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Realistic

• Goals are practical and possible.
• Set goals that are realistic for your situation,
  your skills, talents and interests.
• Realistic goals are a balance between what is
  hard and what is easy to achieve.
• You are the key person here so don't set a goal
  that you don't believe in.
• Make sure that you believe you can do it and that
  it is possible to do in the time you've set
  aside.

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Timely

• There is a finite duration to your effort, a
  deadline.
• For example, by the end of June is more
  specific than toward the end of June. However,
  the most precise statement is June 16, 2005.

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Secrets for Achieving Your Goals

• Be flexible
• Constantly Evaluate Your Progress 
• Sometimes our plans change sometimes we get
  sick. Be prepared to reassess and revise your
  goal if necessary.
• Never Lose Sight of Your Goal 
• review your goals every morning when you get up
  and every night before you go to bed. 
• Dont Procrastinate 
• Procrastination is a silent killer. 
• Understand that the only way to achieve your
  goals is to take action! 

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Secrets for Achieving Your Goals

• A goal can not contradict any of your other
  goals.
• For example, you can't get straight As if you
  continue to talk and not listen in class. This is
  called non-integrated thinking and will sabotage
  all of the hard work you put into your goals.
  Non-integrated thinking can also hamper your
  everyday thoughts as well.

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Secrets for Achieving Your Goals

• Write your goal in the positive instead of the
  negative.
• Work for what you want, not for what you want to
  leave behind. Part of the reason why we write
  down and examine our goals is to create a set of
  instructions for our subconscious mind to carry
  out.
• No nos or nots!!

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Secrets for Achieving Your Goals

• Write your goal out in complete detail.
• Instead of writing Get an A in math, write Get
  an A in math by listening in class, working with
  my team, asking questions, and doing my homework
  on time.

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Secrets for Achieving Your Goals

• By all means, make sure your goal is high enough.
  
• Shoot for the moon, if you miss you'll still be
  in the stars.
• If you shoot for a B, you might miss and get a C,
  while if you shoot for an A and miss, youll get
  a B.
• Put A Date On It - Determine when you want the
  goal to be completed. 

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The Benefits of Goal Setting

• You will notice an increase in your energy level
  as you begin to live your life with passion the
  passion that having a meaningful goal will give
  you.
• You will be in control of your life and the
  direction you are heading.  Your life does not
  have to be determined by fate alone.  With goals,
  you create your destiny.
• Goals give you a purpose in life.  A reason to
  get up early and go to bed late.

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Remember the motto, The road to Someday, leads
to the town of Nowhere.  Someday is today!