GOAL SETTING

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GOAL SETTING

• Planning Your Future

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TIPS ON GOAL SETTING

• Be realistic consider how the goal will be
  achieved
• Be positive
• Write them down
• Check them later

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MOTIVATION TO ACHIEVE

• Motivation behaviors
• High need for completion some are motivated by
  the desire for tangible accomplishment
• Advantage goal motivated
• Disadvantage often satisfied by merely
  crossing it off the list
• Happy-go-lucky others are not motivated by
  stated goals and take life as it comes
• Advantage not upset when things do not work
  out as planned
• Disadvantage live for the moment attitude
  results in poor planning and disappointing
  long-term results

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Determining Priority

• Distinguish between importance and urgency
• Urgency should be taken care of immediately
• Important consequences of not doing will be dire

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Urgency vs. Importance
High Urgency Low Urgency
High Importance Stop Arterial Bleeding Apply to College Prepare for an Exam Graduation Developing Career Skills Buy a Home
Low Importance Make Dining Plans Fill up the Gas Tank Take a Shower Go to the Restroom Mundane Needs Getting a Haircut Buy More Paperclips
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Categorization of Goals

• School
• Organizations
• Part-time job
• Volunteer work
• Fitness
• Leisure

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Goal Horizons

• Daily to do list
• Semester within four months
• Yearly by the end of the years I want to
• Longer term by graduation I expect to
• Career what do I want to be when I grow up
• Life by the time I die, I want to

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EXAMPLE OF DAILY GOALSTo Do List

• Study for calculus examination
• Complete prewriting for English essay
• One hour of workout
• Ask boss for additional weekend hours
• Call home
• Do laundry

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EXAMPLE OF SEMESTER GOALSFour Month Horizon

• Achieve 3.5 grade point average
• Make an A in calculus
• Become active in Engineering Society
• Register with the Career Management Center
• Workout four days per week
• Limit television time to 1.5 hours per day
• Volunteer at animal shelter three hours each
  Saturday

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LONGER TERM GOALSBy Graduation

• Get a degree in architecture
• Graduate in upper third of class
• Have a meaningful internship
• Play on an active intramurals team
• Pay for at least one half of my college expenses
• Borrow no more than 10,000 for education
  expenses
• Study overseas one summer session
• Secure employment with a major architecture firm
  specializing in designing restaurants

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LONGER TERM GOALSLife Goal Examples

• Become a partner in a law firm by 30 years old
• Backpack in Europe
• Go on a church mission trip to Africa
• Visit South America
• Be on the Board of Directors of a non-profit
  organization that I believe in
• Run in a marathon
• Ski in Switzerland
• Sing in a musical

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LEARN TO ENJOY LIFE

• Make a list of 10 things you really like to do
• Be sure you are not listing things you think that
  others expect of you.
• Periodically check the list and ask, Am I doing
  these things?
• If not, ask, Why have I not been doing these
  things?