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Goal setting is the process of defining specific, measurable, and time-bound objectives that guide personal or professional development. Effective goal-setting helps clarify priorities, focus efforts, and track progress. Here are key principles and steps for setting and achieving goals:

### 1. **Use the SMART Criteria**
- **Specific:** Clearly define what you want to accomplish. Avoid vague goals by being as detailed as possible.
- Example: Instead of "get in shape," specify "lose 10 pounds in 3 months by exercising 4 times a week."
- **Measurable:** Establish criteria to track progress and know when you’ve achieved the goal.
- Example: Set measurable milestones, such as "lose 2 pounds each week."
- **Achievable:** Ensure your goal is realistic and attainable within your current circumstances, resources, and abilities.
- Example: Aim for gradual progress rather than unrealistic outcomes like "lose 20 pounds in 2 weeks."
- **Relevant:** Align your goal with your broader life or career objectives. Ask yourself why this goal is important to you.
- Example: "Improving my fitness will help me feel more energetic and healthier."
- **Time-Bound:** Set a clear deadline or timeframe for when the goal should be accomplished.
- Example: "I will achieve this within 3 months."

### 2. **Break Down Larger Goals**
- **Set Smaller Milestones:** Break down big, long-term goals into smaller, actionable steps. This helps prevent feeling overwhelmed and allows for more immediate achievements.
- Example: If your goal is to save $10,000 in a year, set monthly savings targets of $833.
- **Create a Timeline:** Develop a timeline for each step or milestone. Assign deadlines to these smaller tasks to stay on track.

### 3. **Write Down Your Goals**
- **Increase Commitment:** Writing down your goals makes them more concrete and helps you stay committed.
- **Keep Them Visible:** Place your written goals somewhere you will see them regularly (e.g., a planner, digital reminders) to reinforce focus and motivation.

### 4. **Prioritize Your Goals**
- **Rank Goals by Importance:** Identify which goals are the most critical to your personal or professional growth and focus on those first.
- **Focus on Fewer Goals:** Avoid setting too many goals at once, as this can dilute your focus. Concentrate on a few meaningful goals that align with your long-term vision.

### 5. **Create an Action Plan**
- **List Actionable Steps:** Define the specific actions needed to achieve your goals. Each step should be clear and actionable.
- Example: "Research different workout routines," "join a gym," or "schedule weekly workouts."
- **Identify Resources Needed:** Consider the resources, tools, or support needed to reach your goals (e.g., money, time, information, or help from others).

### 6. **Stay Accountable**
- **Share Your Goals:** Tell someone you trust about your goals.

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3. WHAT IS GOAL SETTING?
•Goal: The result or achievement toward which effort
is directed and aimed.
•Setting: to put (something or someone) in a
particular place.

Definition of a Goal
A goal is [a Dream that is Attainable, Measurable
which has a Time Limit within the control of goal
setter.

Think of a goal as your final destination, if you don’t
know what your final destination is, you can’t plan your
way to get there.
No planning = Failing

4. LIFE-PLAN GOALS INCLUDE:


Personal life goals
•Social
–Marriage
–Family
–Friends
–Religion

•Financial
–Home
–Car
–Ownership
–Lender

•What do you want to do in the future? Will you be happy with
intrinsic (self-satisfaction) rewards or extrinsic (money, praise)
rewards?

5. LIFE-PLAN GOALS INCLUDE:

General Career life goals/Educational life goals

•Choosing the right career is important
–Different reasons include
•earning power,
•status,
•intellect, and
•self-satisfaction

6. GOAL SETTING GUIDELINES
1.Set moderate and realistic goals.
2.Divide your goals into Short term, Medium and
Long term.
3.Set Process and Performance Goals as well as
Outcome goals.
4.Set positive goals as opposed to negative goals.
5.Identify target dates for attaining the goals.
6.Plan practically on Goal-Achievement Strategies.
8.Record goals once they have been achieved
9.Provide room for goal modification/evaluation
10.Provide support for your goals

7. Goal-Achievement Strategies
•Setting the correct type of goal
•Make them precise and detailed
•Being Realistic
•Execution Process
•Adjustment Plan
•Following the Right Steps
•Development and Improvement
•Smoothness of process
•Confidence
•Devotion
•Use the positive, action-oriented words –
I CAN and I WILL in your goal statement and
with your action steps

8. IMPORTANCE OF GOAL SETTING
•Setting a goal is like climbing a ladder to see beyond others who are
bare at the floor.
•Goals keep you focused on your aspirations.
•It increases your self-esteem
• It helps you to overcome procrastination, fear, and failure.
•Setting goals will help you become more successful in your career,
personal and general life pursuit.
• Goals help you keep vision on where you want to be in future.
•As a goal is reached, you will be motivated and self-confident enough to
set another higher goal.

•Set goals in the major areas of your life including personal, career,
financial, educational, physical, social, and psychological. It will avail you
the opportunity to reach the top quicker than others.

DREAM + ACTION STEPS + TARGET DATE = GOAL

Goals provide direction, a sense of accomplishment and
they define your growth and development.

9. Dreams vs. Goals
Goal Setting is like shooting an arrow.

You may want to hit the target, but
if you don’t take action shooting the arrow –
you only have a dream.

The difference between a
dream and a goal is ACTION.

10. TAKING THE FOUR REQUIRED ACTIONS ON GOAL
Establish your goals by answering these questions:

1. Challenge Why do I want it?
Define the desire or challenge facing you.

2. Goal What do I want?
Write down the goal you want to achieve.

3. Action Steps How will I get it?
Your specific action plan to reach your goal.

4.Target Dates When do I want it?
The completion date to reach your goal.

11. Your Goal Can Either be S.M.A.R.T or D.U.M.B
•Specific

•Measurable

•Attainable

•Relevant

•Timeline / Trackable

•Dateless

•Unsupportive

•Muddy

•Beyond Reach

12. Goals Paradigm Shift S.M.A.R.T.O.P. P
•S pecific
•M easurable
•A ttainable
•R ealistic
•Timeline / Trackable
……………………………………………………………………
•O utcome
•P rocess
•P erformance

13. CREATING SPECIFIC GOALS
•A specific goal has much greater chance of being
accomplished than a general goal.
•To set a specific goal you must answer the six "W"
questions:
•Who: Who do I relate with?
What: What do I want to accomplish?
Where: Identify a location.
When: Establish a time frame.
Which: Identify requirements and constraints.
Why: Specific reasons, purpose or benefits of
accomplishing the goal.

14. CREATING MEASURABLE GOALS

•Establish concrete criteria for
measuring progress toward the
attainment of each goal you set.
•When you measure your progress, you
stay on track, reach your target dates,
and experience the exhilaration of
achievement that spurs you on to
continued effort required to reach your
goal.

15. CREATING MEASURABLE GOALS

•To determine if your goal is measurable,
•ask questions such as:
• How do I get it done?

• How many times will it be done?

• How will I know when it is accomplished?

16. CREATING ATTAINABLE GOALS


•When you identify goals that are most
important to you, you begin to figure out
ways you can make them come true.
•You develop the attitudes, abilities, skills,
and financial capacity to reach them. You
begin seeing previously overlooked
opportunities to bring yourself closer to
the achievement of your goals.

17. CREATING REALISTIC GOALS

•To be realistic, a goal must represent
an objective toward which you are
willing and able to work. This means,
what you have the capacity to do.
•A high goal is frequently easier to
reach than a low one because a low
goal exerts low motivational force. But
the high goal takes you far in life.

18. TIMELINE / TRACKABLE CAN ALSO STAND FOR TANGIBLE


•When your goal is tangible you have a
better chance of making it specific and
measurable and thus attainable.

•Time waits for no one. Utilize the one
you have now before it is too late.

19. PITFALLS TO GOAL SETTING
•Mistake 1: Setting Unrealistic Goals
Once you've decided on a goal, make sure that it is realistic, and
that you can actually achieve it in the time frame that you have
set for yourself.

•Mistake 2: Underestimating Completion Time
If you don't estimate goal completion time accurately, it can be
discouraging when things take longer to achieve than you think
they should. This can cause you to give up.

•Mistake 3: Not Appreciating Failure
However, your failures are what ultimately determine your
character. They also contain lessons that can change your life for
the best. So don't be too upset if you fail to achieve your goals –
just take note of where you went wrong and use that knowledge
to reach your goals next time.

20. PITFALLS TO GOAL SETTING
Mistake 4: Setting "Other People's Goals"
Some people – family, friends, or even your boss – may want to influence the
goals you set. Perhaps they feel that they know what's best for you, or maybe
they want you to take a certain path or do certain things. However, your goals
need to be your own – not anybody else's. So be politely assertive about that.

Mistake 5: Not Reviewing Progress
It takes time to accomplish goals. Sometimes it can occur to you that you aren't
making much progress. This is why it's important to evaluate everything that you
have accomplished on a regular basis. Set small sub-goals, celebrate your
successes, and analyze what you need to do to keep forward. No matter how
slow you move, you are better than those who are stand still.

Mistake 6: Too Numerous
If you are a high-achiever, you have probably created too many goals for
yourself at one point or another. It’s easy to get carried away by the excitement
and energy of imagining and devising a multitude of goals.

Mistake 7: Not Having Supporting Milestones:
Goals framed by a deadline that’s set too far into the future don’t create the
healthy urgency needed to take action in the present. Intermediate milestones
can help bridge this gap and provide you with concrete marks to hit along the
way.

21. You are a Winner!

This is your life!
Your goals is Your Life!
Your Goal is Your success!

Don’t Forget

Goal = Dream + Action Steps + Target Date