Goal Setting

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Goal Setting

• Help in creating goals for your Culminating
  Project
• Remember SMART
• S specific
• M measurable
  
• A attainable
• R realistic/results-orient
  ed
• T time bound

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Specific

• Goals should be straightforward and emphasize
  what you want to happen.
• Specifics help us to focus our efforts and
  clearly define what we are going to do.
• Ensure the goals you set are specific, clear and
  easy. Instead of setting a goal to collect used
  baseball equipment, set a specific goal to
  collect 50 bats, 25 gloves and 15 helmets.

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Rule 1 Self performance based, not outcome
based

• Earn a Division I track scholarship

• Decrease my mile time by 45 seconds

OUTCOME BASED
PERFORMANCE BASED
You should set goals over which you have as much
control as possible. There is nothing more
dispiriting than failing to achieve a personal
goal for reasons beyond your control. If you base
your goals on personal performance, then you can
keep control over the achievement of your goals
and draw satisfaction from them.
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Measurable

• If you can't measure it, you can't manage it.
• Choose a goal with measurable progress, so you
  can see the change occur.
• "I will read 3 chapter books of 100 pages before
  October" shows the specific target to be
  measured. "I want to be a good reader" is not
  measurable.

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Rule 2 Measurable
NO!
YES!

• I want to play the piano
• I want to help the people of Haiti
• I want to become a doctor

• Identify the skills needed to play Cannon in D
• Raise 400 for Haiti relief.
• Identify the skills needed to become a doctor.

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Attainable

• You cant/wont commit to goals which are set too
  far out of your reach or scope of this project.
• Identify goals that are the most important to
  your project, then figure out ways you can make
  them come true by developing the abilities,
  techniques, skills, and financial capacity to
  reach them.
• A goal needs to stretch you slightly so you feel
  you can do it and require a real commitment from
  you.

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Rule 3 Attainable
NO!
YES!

• Create world peace
• Cure breast cancer
• Become a famous fashion designer
• Sign a record contract with my band

• Raise 200 for Darfur
• Lead a team in the breast cancer 2 Day
• Job shadow a designer to see if it could be a
  potential career
• Create a press kit for my band

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Realistic

• This is not a synonym for "easy." Realistic, in
  this case, means "do-able."
• A realistic project may push your skills and
  knowledge but it shouldn't break you.
• Devise a plan or a way of getting there which
  makes the goal realistic.
• The goal needs to be realistic for you and where
  you are at the moment.
• Be sure to set goals that you can attain with
  some effort!
• Too difficult and you set the stage for failure,
  but too low sends the message that you aren't
  very capable.
• Set the bar high enough to be a challenge.

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Time Bound

• Set a timeframe for the goal for next week, in
  three months, by March. Putting an end point on
  your goal gives you a clear target to work
  towards.
• If you don't set a time, the commitment is too
  vague. It tends not to happen because you feel
  you can start at any time. Without a time limit,
  there's no urgency to start taking action now.
• Time must be measurable, attainable and
  realistic.

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Rule 5 Time bound

• Remember you have to complete a minimum of 30
  hours.
• 30 hours will go faster than you think plan this
  ahead of time by working out a rough draft time
  line.

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ADDITIONAL TIPS

• Find sources of motivation
• Be sure you can attain the resources you need.
  Ex Holding a 3 on 3 tournament is great, but can
  you find a venue
• Tell others about your goals to help keep you
  focused
• Leave room for change, be flexible
• Set mini goals along the way
• Know when and who to ask for help
• If your project is something you enjoy, achieving
  your goals will be both easy and rewarding
• Identify obstacles and roadblocks from the start