Dare to

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Dare to. DREAM

• Choice not chance determines your destiny

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Aim
Intention
Direction
Target
Goals
Purpose
Ambition
Destination
Objective
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• Set Big Goals
• and
• Go for it!

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Dreams Nga moemoea

• Dreams allow you to see your future
• If you can see it, you can do it
• Dreams have to be important to you
• Dreams are your vision your wish list
• Maintain a balance in your dreams (e.g.
  education, sport, family friends and work
• Most people who fail in their dream fail not
  from lack of ability, but lack of commitment
  Anonymous

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• Dreams Nga moemoea
• Dreams without a plan are just that - dreams

How do we turn them into reality?
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Turning Dreams into Goals

• Goals are dreams that you work hard to reach
• Why set goals?
• To give us motivation
• To help us make plans for the future
• To provide direction
• To provide a sense of achievement and success
• Goals that are not written down are just wishes
• - Anonymous

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Goals need to be

• Specific
• Measurable
• Attainable/Agreed
• Realistic
• Timed

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GoalsAnd dont forget to think about..

• Your support team (friends, family ,team-mates)
• How you evaluate and make adjustments to your
  goal
• Sacrifices you will need to make (like missing
  parties or weekends away)
• Roadblocks/Barriers
• The impact major goals can have on other areas of
  your life 9 trying to fit in schoolwork, friends,
  part-time jobs etc
• Importance of internal motivation

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Common Goal Setting Problems

• Not specific
• Not focused lack priority
• Not realistic
• No plan/strategy
• No ongoing evaluation
• Lack of commitment

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ROADBLOCKS

• Obstacles are those frightful things you see
  when you take your eyes off your goals -
  Anonymous

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Overcoming Roadblocks

• Stop and chill out and relax for a bit
• Think ... Of all your choices
• the first one isnt necessarily the best one
• Anticipate will your choice help or hurt you
  achieve your goal?
• Respond ... Select the best solution the one
  that helps you achieve your goal!

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Roadblocks Potential Solutions

• Money/funding

• Sponsorship/part-time job/fundraising

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Long Term Goals

• The way you want to be in 5 15 years in your
• - career/work
• - school accomplishments
• - personal life (the kind of person you
  would like to be)
• The type of job you want
• The level of sport you which to play at eg All
  Blacks
• To join a band
• To be the best surfer in Auckland, etc

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Short Term Goals

• Those which you will reach in 3 - 6 months
  REALISTIC
• (out of reach, just, but not out of sight)
• Get B in Maths
• Get an A in English
• Make School Basketball team
• Spend more time listening to and supporting
  friends

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The relationship between Long term and Short term
goals

• Short term goals are the small steps you take
  before reaching your final destination. (Your
  Long term goal.)
• They are the stops on the way

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Daily Goals

• Make daily goals Specific
• how much time youll spend studying,
• the amount of an assignment youll get done,
• the grade you want to achieve on your current
  assignment
• Egs
• Do 30 mins practising maths problems a week
• Get an A for my English Assignment
• Get started on the first part of my science
  project
• 20 mins Basketball shooting a week

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The Importance of Goals

• The Value of striving for something, even if you
  are not successful
• The feeling of worth
• Self Esteem when you succeed
• If you dream something, you are more passionate
  about it

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An Effective Goal should be

• Clear and Understandable
• Be clear about what you want. Avoid statements
  or promises.
• Possible
• Goals should be sufficiently challenging yet
  sill wihtin reach something you can do and
  really want to do.
• Easy goals may be less rewarding
• Impossible goals lead to disappointment and self
  doubt
• Controllable
• You are the only person whose behaviour you can
  change.
• Goals involving others need their permission or
  active participation

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Effective Goals continued

• Measurable
• Set dimensions for your goal
• How long will you allow?
• When will you complete what you set out to do?
• Do you need to specify an amount of time or some
  prior conditions to be met?
• Straightforward
• You want what you want!
• Avoid using either/or.
• If you include alternatives you may end up
  achieving nothing
• S M A R T
• Specific Measurable Attainable Realistic
  Timed

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Categories of Goals

• Educational
• Career
• Personal
• Relationship
• Travel
• Family
• Financial
• Sporting
• Health

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Time Management

• Learn to put priorities on your tasks and your
  time. Rank the things you want to do, from the
  most important to least important.
• Focus on the things that need attention NOW.
  Dont dwell on past failures or future problems
• Do one thing at a time
• Divide large tasks into smaller parts and tackle
  these one at a time
• Be sure to include time for recreation and
  relaxation every day
• Work at a comfortable pace. More haste , less
  speed is a good maxim.
• Be flexible with your time schedule. Try to keep
  some time free each day to cope with the
  unexpected
• Use a diary, or a large calendar with plenty of
  space for noting down specific tasks, of have
  some other way of writing down your schedule and
  commitments
• Review your important goals for each day and each
  week. Revise them if you need to
• Dont feel you have to get everything done TODAY.
  Spread your commitments over a period of time