GOAL SETTING

I Cant Accept Not Trying: Michael Jordan on the

Pursuit of Excellence:
I approach everything step by step....I had always set
short-term goals. As I look back, each one of the steps
or successes led to the next one. When I got cut from
the varsity team as a sophomore in high school, I
learned something. I knew I never wanted to feel that
bad again....So I set a goal of becoming a starter on the
varsity. Thats what I focused on all summer. When I
worked on my game, thats what I thought about.
When it happened, I set another goal, a reasonable,
manageable goal that I could realistically achieve if I
worked hard enough....I guess I approached it with the
end in mind. I knew exactly where I wanted to go, and
I focused on getting there. As I reached those goals,
they built on one another. I gained a little confidence
every time I came through. Michael Jordan
 WHY GOAL SETTING?
Create a Vision for yourself
Helps you focus.
Demarcates a personal path
Set Goals to Fructify your vision and goals:
inspire you to do the work
excite and even scare you
are specific, measurable and written in the
present tense
 Taking small steps towards a Giant Leap

DO create a plan. DONT wait for "someday" to roll around.

DO start small. DONT focus on too many things at once.

DO write it down. DONT forget to give yourself a deadline.

Deadlines turn wishes into goals. The act of writing down your goal is powerful enough to keep you committed and
focused.
DO be specific. DONT deal in absolutes.
Avoid the words some and more, as in "I will get SOME exercise" or "I will eat MORE veggies." It leaves too much
wiggle-out room. Deal in measurable things that you have control over. And never say never or always.

DO leave room for failure. DONT expect perfection.

Persistence is key. Accept the fact that you might not make it on the first try. In a recent study, only 40% of people
who successfully followed New Year's resolutions did it on the first try; 17% of resolution achievers took six or more
tries before they got it right but they did get it right.

DO reward your success. DONT beat yourself up over failure.

Edisons greatest accomplishment is the light bulb. He was most famous for the following quote in regards to his
persistence in developing the light bulb
I have not failed. Ive just found 10,000 ways that wont work.
 Be Proactive-Have A destination to reach
A goal properly set is halfway reached.
Abraham Lincoln
A successful student must learn to be proactive
proactive persons make things happen.

They identify what they want to accomplish and

they do it!

What do YOU want to accomplish?

Do you have an ultimate destination in sight?
Assuming you have a destination in sight, how are you
going to get there?

Goals are the vehicle which successful persons use to

reach their ultimate destination.
Goal setting provides direction, purpose, and motivation.
 SMART SHORTERM GOALS INTRICATE LINK
TO LONG TERM GOALS
A goal properly set is halfway reached.Abraham
Lincoln
SMART Goals:
A useful way of making goals more powerful is to use the SMART
mnemonic. SMART stands for:
S Specific
M Measurable
A Attainable
R Relevant(realistic)
T Time-bound
For example, instead of having Go to class as a goal, it is more
powerful to say Go to all my classes this semester. See the
difference?
Rather than Study Hard, a goal may be Always recopy my
class notes within 24 hours of my last class.
This makes your goal more:
Specific, measureable, and time-bound. It is also realistically
attainable and relevant to a bigger, long term goal of graduating with a
GPA of 3.0 or above.
 Creating a Big Picture and Levels of Goal setting

Goals are set on a number of different levels:

First
create your "big picture" of what you want to do with your life, and
what large-scale goals you want to achieve.
Second
Break these down into the smaller and smaller targets that you must
hit so that you reach your lifetime goals.
Finally
once you have your plan, you start working to achieve it.
Remember
When you have achieved a goal, take the time to enjoy the satisfaction
of having done so!
Absorb the implications of the goal achievement.
observe the progress you have made towards other goals.
Reward
If the goal was a significant one, reward yourself appropriately.
All of this helps you build the self-confidence you deserve.HED_video
\_Goal Setting Strategies_ - 3 Little Known Techniques.mp4
 ACTIVITY-1
Large Group Activity (5 Minutes)
Ask the students the following question, What do you want to be in life?
Students should call out responses for at least 2 minutes. Then ask, Who has a
goal to accomplish before graduating from this school? Does anyone have a
goal for this week? What about for today? (Note: Most students have life
goals, but not short-term goals.)
Small Group Questions (15 Minutes - 5 per group, assign 4 questions)
In the video, students were introduced to Dave Johnson who classified his goals into
five distinct areas that:
1. He knew he could, in fact, achieve.
2. He knew he was most likely to achieve.
3. Would take a very good effort to achieve.
4. Are very difficult to achieve and that would require a personal best.
5. He only hoped to achieve someday.
In each group, define 5 goals that are common to your group. Classify the goals
into the types listed above. Assign the groups three of the following questions:
1. What effect does goal setting have on the average person's life--does it really help
them to accomplish more?
2. Is it possible to live life without setting goals for yourself? If so, are you able to
achieve things you really want in life?
3. Why don't students set goals?
4. Name someone that you know who is a goal setter. What is some way that they are
different than the person who isn't a goal setter?
5. What are things that keep you from reaching a goal you only hope to achieve?
6. How do short term goals relate to long term goals?
7. Is it possible to set goals that are too high and therefore unattainable? If you do set
that kind of goal for yourself, and set yourself up for failure, what should you do with
that original goal?
8. Do you think people like Neil Armstrong (astronaut) and presidents of the United
States were goal setters? Why or why not?
Group Activity (10 Minutes)
Teachers should choose to discuss important questions (like #s 1,3,6, & 7) with
the whole class. Allow groups that didn't have opportunity to answer those
questions to comment, if they desire.
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 Session-2 Goal Setting
Late Mrs.Indira Gandhi considered the
following as three indispensable
components of success.
1.The capacity to foresee (Goal
Setting)
2. Self determination and
3. Hard workHED_video
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 This is what they say about Goal Setting !

Ronald Taylor (1964)

compared the goals of underachievers and achievers. He found that underachievers either had no
particular goals, or if they did, aimed impossibly high.
Achievers, by comparison, set realistic, attainable goals that were related to their school work.

Robert Wood and Edwin Locke (1987) found a significant relationship between goals and self-
efficacy:
Students with a stronger sense of efficacy also set higher, but reachable, goals.
Wood and Locke also pointed out that more challenging goals usually prompt higher achievement.
Challenge, of course, is in the eye of the beholder. Goals the teacher considers challenging may be
seen as too stiff by some students, and laughably easy by others. The challenge for the teacher,
then, is to assist students in setting reasonable goals for themselves.

Albert Bandura and Dale Schunk (1981)

showed that when elementary students are taught to carve up large, distant goals into smaller
subgoals,
several useful outcomes follow:
They make faster progress in learning skills or content, they learn an important self-regulation skill,
and they improve their self-efficacy and interest in the taskthought about their achievement goals.

Dale Schunks (1985

Students showed more growth in self-efficacy and math skills when they participated in goal-setting.
Specific goals are far more effective motivators than general ones, such as Do your
best. When a student goal contains a clear performance standard, it cuts out a lot of
guesswork about where to aim.
 Road Blocks for Goal Setting
In the bestseller "Goals!", Brian Tracy teaches you how to identify in the clearest terms the things you
want out of life, then how to make the plan to help you achieve those things.
Brian Tracy says there are four reasons why people don't set goals:
They don't realize about the importance of goals.
If the people with whom you spend the most time family, friends, colleagues,
and so forth are not clear and committed to goals, there is a chance that you will
not be, either.
They don't know how to set goals.
Some set goals that are too general. These are, in reality, fantasies common to
everyone. Goals, on the other hand, are clear, written, specific, and measurable.

They fear failure. Failure hurts, but it is often necessary to experience failure in
order to achieve the greatest success. Do not unconsciously sabotage yourself by
not setting any goals in which you might fail.

They fear rejection. People are often afraid that if they are unsuccessful at
achieving a goal, others will be critical of them. This is remedied by keeping your
goals to yourself at the outset; let others see your results and achievements once
you've accomplished your goals.

Make a habit of daily goal setting and achieving, for the rest of your life.
Focus on the things you want, rather than the things you don't want. Resolve to be
a goal-seeking organism, moving unerringly toward the things that are important to
you


 Practical tips To effective Goal Setting
Specific, realistic goals work best.
When it comes to making a change, the people who succeed are those who set realistic,
specific goals.

It takes time for a change to become an established habit.

It will probably take a couple of months before any changes like getting up half an hour early
to exercise become a routine part of your life. That's because your brain needs time to get
used to the idea that this new thing you're doing is part of your regular routine.
Repeating a goal makes it stick.
Say your goal out loud each morning to remind yourself of what you want and what you're
working for. (Writing it down works too.)
Every time you remind yourself of your goal, you're training your brain to make it happen.

Pleasing other people doesn't work.

The key to making any change is to find the desire within yourself
you have to do it because you want it, not because a girlfriend, boyfriend, coach, parent, or
someone else wants you to.
It will be harder to stay on track and motivated if you're doing something out of obligation to
another person.

Roadblocks don't mean failure.

Slip-ups are actually part of the learning process as you retrain your brain into a new way of
thinking
It may take a few tries to reach a goal. But that's OK
it's normal to mess up or give up a few times when trying to make a change.
So remember that everyone slips up and don't beat yourself up about it. Just remind yourself to
get back on track.

 Perseverance-persistence-Pushiness
Walt Disney was fired from his first job because he was told that
he lacked imagination. He had 300 banks turn down his Walt
Disney theme park idea. At one stage, he was bankrupt. He
maintained determination and focused on what he wanted to
achieve. Today, his movies, merchandise and theme parks are
worth billions.
Jack Canfield and Mark Victor Hansen wrote the book Chicken
Soup for the Soul which was rejected by over 140 publishers who
didnt believe it would be a bestseller. When it was eventually
published, it sold more than 100 million copies and launched the
Chicken Soup series, making both of them rich and famous.
J.K. Rowling went from depending on welfare to being one of the
richest women in the world. Her first book, Harry Potter and the
Philosophers Stone was rejected by a dozen publishers.
Bloomsbury, a small London publisher, only published it because
the CEOs eight-year old daughter picked up the manuscript and
started reading it and loved it so much she begged her father to
print the book.

Colonel Sanders had over a 1000 knockbacks in a two-year period

for his Kentucky Fried Chicken Recipe, which he developed at the
age of 65.
 ACTIVITY-2
Example:
Long Term Goal #1: Earn a B in World History
Obstacles:
- My dorm is too noisy to
study
- Lots of reading is
required
- I procrastinate
Resources:
- Classmates who study
regularly
- Free tutoring in the
Learning Center
- Friendly professor
Benefits:
- Better prepared for
World History II
- Helps GPA
Short Term Goals:
1. Go to library with classmates immediately after each class to study for an hour
2. Read assignments for upcoming week by Monday night or no Monday Night Football
3. Meet with professor (during office hours) a week before each exam to discuss preparation
4. Meet with history tutor in Learning Center once a week
 ACTIVITY-2 Contd

The most important thing about goals is having one. -Geoffry Abert
List your LONG TERM goals here:
1. ________________________________________________________________
2. ________________________________________________________________
3. ________________________________________________________________
4. ________________________________________________________________
Now that youve identified your long term goals, do the following for each
goal:
Make a brief list of the obstacles that will make it difficult to achieve this goal
Make a brief list of the resources available to help you achieve this goal
Make a brief list of the beneficial results of achieving this goal
With your obstacles, resources, and benefits identified, you are prepared to
identify the necessary short term goals to help you reach your long term
goal. Again, you will want to make sure that these goals are measureable
and realistic.

Some material taken from: http://www.mindtools.com/page6.html

Learning Center http://webspace.ship.edu/learning/ 7174771420
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