Principle #6 Unleash the Power of Goal Setting

What does this mean? “If you are bored with life – if you don’t get up every morning with a burning desire to do things – you don’t have enough goals.” -Lou Holtz Award-winning NCAA Football Coach

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

The Power of Written Goals In 1979 students in the Harvard MBA program were asked, "Have you set clear, written goals for your future and made plans to accomplish them?" Only three percent of the graduates had written goals and plans; 13 percent had goals, but they were not in writing; and a whopping 84 percent had no specific goals at all. Ten years later, the members of the class were interviewed again, and the findings, while somewhat predictable, were nonetheless astonishing. The 13 percent of the class who had goals were earning, on average, twice as much as the 84 percent who had no goals at all. And what about the three percent who had clear, written goals? They were earning, on average, ten times as much as the other 97 percent put together.

Setting Goals How is setting goals like a GPS system?

Effective Goals Which goal is effectively written? a.) By April 5, 2010, I will have $3,500 in my savings account. b.) I would like to save more money in the future. c.) I would like to have a savings account.

Effective Goals Which goal is effectively written? a.) I would like to take some college classes to help me in the future. b.) I will go to college and get my degree. c.) I will graduate from U.C.R. with my Bachelor’s degree in Liberal Studies by Spring of 1996.

“Shoot for the moon! Even if you miss it you’ll land among the stars.” Aim High “Shoot for the moon! Even if you miss it you’ll land among the stars.”

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, 2019, I will be enrolled at the UCLA

Sample Long & Short Term Goals 13 Year Goal: I will buy a four bedroom house in Nuevo, Ca 10 Year Goal: I will become a 3rd grade teacher at Nuview Elementary 9 Year Goal: I will be an intern teacher in Rialto, Ca while I finish up my teacher credential classes at U.C.R. 4 Year Goal: I will be accepted and enrolled at UCR by September 1992 4 Year Goal: I will graduate from Perris High School on June 22, 1992 4 Year Goal: I will buy a used Honda Accord LX with my savings before I go off to college in September of 1992 2 Year Goal: I will get a part-time job in Nuevo 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 my freshman year. 1 Month Goal: I will have enrolled in at least 3 A-G classes at Perris High 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.

Silent Reading Read about setting goals on pages 65 – 78 in the book entitled The Success Principles by Jack Canfield and Kent Healy. Take down one page of Cornell notes.

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