Setting Goals

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• Setting Goals

AVID Standard 1.2 Plan for ongoing personal and
academic development
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Jim Carrey and His Goal
One night in 1987, when the 25-year-old Jim
Carrey was a struggling Canadian comic trying to
make his name in Los Angeles, he drove his old
Toyota up to Mulholland Drive in the Hollywood
hills. Sitting there and dreaming of the future,
Carrey wrote himself a check for 10 million. He
dated it Thanksgiving 1995 and added the
notation, "for acting services rendered." By
the time 1995 actually rolled around, his
rambunctious goofball roles in "Ace Ventura Pet
Detective," "The Mask" and "Dumb Dumber" had
yielded worldwide grosses of 550 million, and
superstar's asking price was up to 20 million
per picture. But by that time, Carrey no longer
had the check anyway -- in July 1994, he had
slipped it into his father's pocket as he lay in
his coffin.
November 24 95
Jim Carrey
10,000,000
Ten Million Dollars -----------------------------
Jim Carrey
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No Map?

• Have you ever had to drive somewhere without
  directions and got lost?
• Did you ever get there?
• Were you frustrated?
• Did it take longer to get there than it should
  have?

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How are goals like a map?
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The Power of Setting Goals

• In 1953, the graduating seniors at Yale
  University were asked, How many of you have a
  clear, specific set of goals, with a written plan
  for achievement?
• Less than 3 did! Twenty years later the
  graduates were interviewed again. The 3 who had
  written goals appeared to be happier.
• The 3 of people who had written goals
• were worth more financially than the other
• 97 combined!

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Effective Goals are S.M.A.R.T.

• Specific
• Measureable
• Attainable
• Relevant
• Time-bound

• Examples
• By the end of my senior year, I will have a 3.9
  G.P.A
• By the time I turn 25, I will own a 2,000 square
  foot home in Menifee
• By September 30, 2016, I will be enrolled at the
  UCLA

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Possible Lifetime Goals

• Career
• Financial
• Education
• Family
• Physical
• Leisure
• Public service
• ?

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Make These Goals S.M.A.R.T.

• Specific Measureable Attainable
  Relevant Time-bound

• Make These Goals SMART
• I will have a lot of money in the future
• I will walk on the moon next year

• By the time Im 30, I will make a 6 figure
  income.
• Within 6 years of graduating from high school I
  will receive an aeronautical engineering degree
  and apply to NASA.

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Long Term vs. Short Term Goals

• Short Term Goals
• Next week, next month, next year
• Long Term
• Five, ten, twenty years

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Short Term Goals Lead to Long Term Goals
Example
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Sample Long Short Term Goals
This is an example of a list of goals made during
freshman year.
13 Year Goal I will buy a four bedroom house in
La Mesa, Ca 10 Year Goal I will become a 3rd
grade teacher at Lakeview Elementary 9 Year Goal
I will be an intern teacher in Santee, Ca while
I finish up my teacher credential classes at
SDSU. 4 Year Goal I will be accepted and
enrolled at SDSU by September 2016 4 Year Goal I
will buy a used Honda Accord LX with my savings
before I go off to college in September of 2016 4
Year Goal I will graduate from West Hills High
School on June 22, 2016 2 Year Goal I will get a
part-time job in Santee by my sophomore year to
save for a car 1 Year Goal I will have a 4.0
G.P.A. by the end of first semester 2012. 1 Month
Goal I will have enrolled in at least 3 A-G
classes at West Hills 1 Week Goal I will
complete the final draft for my essay by Friday 1
Day Goal I will finish the rough draft of my
essay by Wednesday.
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On Your Own