Goal Setting

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Goal Setting

• For Self-Management strategies

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Who Uses Goal Setting?

• Businesses
• Big and
• Small
• Academics
• Sports

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Positive Effects of Goal Setting

• Serve as the basis of motivation
• Attention allocation
• Amount of energy and work
• Persistence at a task

Motivation
Effort
Goal Setting
Behavior Strategies
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Goal Setting

• Counteracts boredom and apathy
• Creates interest
• Provides challenges
• Provides purpose

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Productivity Pyramid

• Everything begins with values
• Long term goals are developed from values
• Long term goals are attained through series of
  intermediate goals
• Intermediate goals attained through series of
  goal-oriented daily tasks

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Why is Goal Setting Important?

• Goal setting is a planning process
• Important aspect of self-management
• Sets positive expectations
• Puts meaning into lives
• Helps people achieve their dreams and ambitions

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What Kind of Goals Enhance Motivation?

• Specific goals
• More likely to increase motivation
• Help to determine the amount of effort
• Proximal goals
• Provide reliable information about ones
  abilities
• Proximal goal progress is perceived positively
• Creates confidence and helps maintain motivation

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Setting SMART Goals

• SMART goals are
• Specific
• Measurable
• Action-Oriented
• Realistic
• Timely

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Specific Goal Setting

• Describes what you want to accomplish with as
  much detail as possible
• Vague goals lessen the possibility of attaining
  them
• E.g.s
• I want to do well in English
• I want an A on my next composition.

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Measurable Goal Setting

• Describes goals in terms that can be clearly
  evaluated
• No measurement means that task or goal will never
  be attained
• E.g.s
• I want to study my biology text.
• I want to study chapter 7 and answer all the
  questions.

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Action-Oriented Goal Setting

• Identifies a goal that focuses on actions rather
  than personal qualities
• Goal must have an action in order to complete it
• E.g.s
• I want a better attitude about studying.
• I want to complete all assignments before classes.

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Realistic Goal Setting

• Identifies goals that are actually able to be
  attained
• Goals can be challenging but not unrealistic
• E.g.s
• Tonight Ill read half of my book and complete
  the assignments.
• Tonight Ill read two chapters of my book and
  complete the assignments.

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Timely Goal Setting

• Identifies goals that break a longer term goal
  into shorter term goals and clearly specifies a
  completion date
• e.g.s
• I want to graduate with honors.
• I want to make the deans list this semester.

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Procedures for Writing SMART goals

• Identify the area that you want to write the goal
  (academic, personal, etc)
• Evaluate past and present achievement to consider
  the extent to which the goal is realistic and
  action-oriented
• State what you want to accomplish
• Describe how to measure the goal
• Include a specific completion date (timely)

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Writing SMART goals (cont.)

• Evaluate you goal statement is it really a SMART
  goal
• If necessary, make modifications to your goal
  statement

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Key Benefits of Goal Planning

• Goals influence motivation and learning
• Setting and attaining intermediate/proximal goals
  can motivate students to attain long-range goals
• Each goal you set should be SMART

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Assignment

• Establish and Write a SMART Goal and Action Plan
• Identify a short term goal that you would like to
  accomplish in three weeks.
• Develop a plan for how you will obtain your goal
  in this 3 week time frame.
• Prepare a 1 page written report on how you can
  successfully attain this goal.

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Points to Remember for the Assignment

• Write a SMART goal
• Identify and define your goal carefully
• Make implementation plans that will help you
  attain your goal
• Make sure you have established plans for
  evaluating your progress